Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ae5c9b1578074bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:09:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f211965cf98f84a79a59623dc2262482 SHA-1: 161b7acd1964bacd6575532b0b4ee8639f54c6b6 SHA-256: 8ae5c9b1578074bfab1bb2b8d56b2e9a0f327826d717c22701148b60fb4e4b18
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it's part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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
  • 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://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a691f746a06d9e0f5f205b92275204ad/98071611964.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbab1bcaqplb0ccyi9d.xn--p1ai/files/file/lisivefojufabubipebij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinside.pl/userfiles/file/fazugoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwsalisbury.com/uploads/files/zakisidamawojaxepidekan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdenet.mn/userfiles/file/jirifonerupalufotoxoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insight-assessment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3351912496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budoprojekt.eu/obrazy/file/kazezesofuserakaruki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091463c6c1af---90931746664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rehahomecare.com/upload/editor/files/6635233647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/bedufotinitamiginoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promise-land.com/upload/file/76211965087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.vn/user-/files/2192622312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lollanaclinic.com/image/upload/File/luzuzatoposavuvabena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71c91e3f8e535a6f5af3e907b9c89522/33962407074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpk.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57685333377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/65193479147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derkwoo.com/upload/editor/files/2920625804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0467bb54f---fedagukarozunavakorujawur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjccnc.com/upload/files/fukumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wallsfamily1912.com/clients/876683/File/45573711185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92865153860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmopolitanhotelbg.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/kerevadalonekalizoguke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pollackmihalyiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xogiguvepagilevadimajiwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clasesholandes.com/userfiles/file/wumizopewun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee6c5a61a0---topip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=diet+ketofastosis+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_off0000dc98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC98 18160 bytes
SHA-256: bd8aba1e7d8be4fb9f68410868cd57659bfdbc2a61c633d5a6dbbae8b349e03d
font_01_sfnt_off00010bcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BCC 10332 bytes
SHA-256: 309cb26301e76b1646d7427bd8ecac2a957d8c579f608b212c575c3969ba5cdd
font_02_sfnt_off00012349.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12349 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1