Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8524e54f1c11256a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-05 04:34:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8dd464bfd28df7041dc2c8bea2b3bd31 SHA-1: 8c3944933f4786d77888bb2aeb1eb2608e3b416d SHA-256: 8524e54f1c11256a1db702971351cb476217d81bc0bafcd14603acfe865afa80
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm, likely to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. The embedded JavaScript and the high ML classifier score further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=information+and+communication+technology+in+education+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://noventa.cz/media/files/file/84304074035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9893a23dd14e1d415d8393f26d2285ff/xexuladazapodikap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0236b2f04e---59710278163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5fe696e53e---korifirikisakururemetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primethailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fogawutizus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7sp41pm9flhlfq0f5un2j0sok/28413831146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607725047c938---wofuxinekawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/jetikuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6c6b390435d27c30271d8c56d07ae14/94204341707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f46b8d82899c1668c5c70bc6bebbc0b1/50648401321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acb0f41000---dabijavaduzitosev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtshotel.it/images/file/fanunosasalukolefinipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/26840775774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/16052276988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c063b93495---rilusamos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condicionamentofisico.com/arquivos/file/55831320209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5344c048fce17f529ebaa7d387781871/witoxaxupabere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/6234280132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/735f7dae0509dda2855ed9366b8d5837/jadivepofevaxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58c088f3ead09a23baf49036faa5e3f4/varumeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60d6b15137e3e4a44b3aebd70e2815ec/89413580538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/kexeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u6gqf8sq75d91v6g2id1qaa6h3/kimagorobotizogugaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31d76c9aba---60646703065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c98138255ec1f39867d3c91fa6a097b/xizakepowisibeniworum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE1F 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 7e3079863e9d4cb82e6c898fae283e203ce1bf365f2779887e8ed5dd224ab1eb
font_01_sfnt_off0001077b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1077B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F8D 17800 bytes
SHA-256: dc4ac18367b7b29f77c6e696dadeef1ec73747565309e1e7d752ed56ee6f2b3f