Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ada7be4c5a70dbc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.8 KB Created: 2021-07-07 01:48:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 22a5565f53f4ca6482f4117afb4f1fba SHA-1: 43ed523b4c5c89bd3acabe622911cab41da99bbd SHA-256: 8ada7be4c5a70dbc85a353ba227f4c21139508dfa7226db72774484da5372600
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

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://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07cadf9fb908d179301cb3b56cc98ca2/wijexokewamunekera.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mxagproducts.com/upload/browse/file/banuxisozel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriardue.it/userfiles/files/71682435867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e71cc5c132---25169044167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f817ef2b26---65709272730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/203c86db03ed6833765819cc04438357/14661479007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bd1836e17b1e84b661a774ebe31612c/59758344926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/22296313366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb1a1c56cb6---nakababewadalaletute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--k1akb4c.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/51313542226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ch6sgm2c30ekap3gkg771ooftu/58556673272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nct-vn.com/userfiles/file/91181346044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.electricman.in/demo/frontend/web/uploads/files/24016960129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timapools.com/uploads/files/jatitenef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradbox.pl/files/file/57820035835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b30e709aea53958bc8a241646ee35fb/giwudewede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/11406598894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/14556162091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b394721d23f---28887505440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98iuf8efik2iogpeonun22d1nc/44800133867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csn-alliance.com/data/files/dazotijutewus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80d7ec379f23deeac093c4c3fea5c951/lanewililamujineniwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carea2plus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1019add36428401e9c167216d7ce332/sisezejor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=the+people+of+indus+valleyPDF 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_off000116cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012ee1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EE1 17280 bytes
SHA-256: 269eabf4092d6a78ef6bc24c66b3234e3d335f85056a4d03bd5135692fdd86de
font_02_sfnt_off00015c10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C10 10640 bytes
SHA-256: ef0e3aa9ebcab402929754b16895e94b9264cbab94e8e5749a73d265bf67202c