Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a3b8a8ae56b6cb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:28:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 15ab6eadc9bab02b966ef7c542613384 SHA-1: a5249d1e995e69588b3fce7c9203d6ac6dca5c2b SHA-256: 8a3b8a8ae56b6cb26023f6b4fd2f8cbb8c26c36b625f6aeffea5aaf356359515
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains an image-based interface designed to trick users into clicking a link, which points to a compromised CMS upload or disposable hosting. The embedded URLs suggest a link farm strategy to obscure the ultimate destination, likely a malicious site or download server.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://agroadvanced.com/app/webroot/newsletters/editor/files/36621405283.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782508ef277---85643607729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102d5a232cd5---43298759597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/27885506712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web300k.com/upload/ck/files/zorojuginera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjallstar.com/upload/file/subexavuvapafezefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/bubanusidimopax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etre-belle.su/images/file/94386156905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insidethedigitaltrend.biz/userfiles/file/xepabogonogebosow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718a80aaad5---jupigiwemadatukuwovupaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3dcbd2e8ac0dda57689fd999d103faf/92512600602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a63a4b40a93---64267922805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arqing.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68331319097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://footstepfloor.com/upfiles/files/22932649591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70715183706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/87681630226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d880b7a55db5d1e1f8d5491489463e6f/24591085708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/12317331751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fenixfalt.com/userfiles/file/fusamalowumefidulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e0de7dbed---mutikexamun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://childconnect.com/swi/fckfiles//file/wepiwimufesedog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crc.creativechange.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kasisudakedenuvinabokubas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=edgar+degas+biography+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000af6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF6A 10768 bytes
SHA-256: c8f94a0fd83b373923bba36adfe6c0d7a99891ba3c0354b86cb0ed28d85ac495
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7D6 14488 bytes
SHA-256: d3aafca308a60617be2c81419b58f58319b9c856da35a9bdd1d5e8e1f7da61ed
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBB5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1