Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a7eb253ffe826c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.0 KB Created: 2021-07-20 14:05:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 7011dd07411db7fa875d29e904478adb SHA-1: e06e3e137e53704023401644c8ad4ef0cd66e773 SHA-256: 8a7eb253ffe826c871dffec5ffefe4edc45cbc9796fe4101d31c0e7141696e3d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. ClamAV and ML classifiers also flagged this file as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9882

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 http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/29672821214.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5b575ab20---88677824398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/ribimijatebesutego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oi4oua8gfdrt2k3ttmvvhm8o9b/83246150632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d103541d61b4b86b32138939b69ef0bd/82484633200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609740c443d79---21985609415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scales-center.com/shop/fck_file/file/80014571350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0ca1b4c845---41158790899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zofukun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labcoop-jsc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hkmaeene6fgem6p6kal2lv4rhk/zakix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/71371567021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/tezewanekodogavuwepig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koratspring.com/upload/file/60377300179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plnjl.com/userfiles/files/fuzubitewajeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/vugimujujepalafizewez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ropesadventure.com/d/files/fafanewawaraduzubemelele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c69fb004920---nagajezijefurume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mqg8sli0dsc6pb56h72ika55l1/45218423852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alaskacounseling.org/clients/8/87/870ae3779d21e956d596131c1dd113ff/File/bepiregi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b118f3f2d51db2a2330175f2db53600a/76991392625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a21c8be564ee3ea8504a31ec884f9678/99141856120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf34d9ab58fd623fcb1ed2d0687e5175/27222800786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863762a9086---70247334581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=inh+with+pyridoxinePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000136a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136A9 18656 bytes
SHA-256: 44c3366fe7389fa75cbc5313c589375eeba0acb92a0ec150f0ce979fe45708a8
font_01_sfnt_off00016827.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16827 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001803e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1803E 10364 bytes
SHA-256: 2bff8fc41b266e3d3050d6b4fe3dea7c4e8074a0da9d81887463f0a61e4b7826
font_03_sfnt_off00019796.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19796 16160 bytes
SHA-256: 61893c6f5a4ed8be90b59e62ba5f7845fe3f782be61d2927f64273611613f2a4