Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8af6e14d2b90de4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-07-17 11:37:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 2739cd959fad9f48d8721244071d00b9 SHA-1: 2ccda77db4cbdd5129c85c5f7519228c80358cc3 SHA-256: 8af6e14d2b90de4c5021d1a601204fc84e58b922e8f395738b91801fa386f259
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The heuristic 'SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE' indicates the document instructs the user to copy/paste content into a shell, a common technique for executing malicious commands. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggests a link farm used for hosting or redirecting to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the overall pattern suggests a downloader or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16c5c5a2569691621b90a8b8739bb73b/37025239178.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5418050096---jeribagusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608886aef09e8---wokerumovebabemigowilagek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b5391f25f---kamudasazedowidumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/7679037465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dynasty888.com/image/files/20210620_053153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/bavelaxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac815b9d6ac---suwovupor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a71c9c1c9---ritatavavaluteterevoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32d113f60d28a5c54e56f001a41110ec/87349972018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-go.org/files/dolefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f06d27f7ac---50136078682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tekkoo.net/images/library/File/73540104388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirakademi.com/resimler/files/82421982118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/13817145908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1121e92d7b---zakipofabugunijar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097626160019---61211216455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behbehaniprojects.com/uploads/files/95370464682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/34798857791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b613ce9eed---tigusubajolivebotepox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/85988436896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6bbeae396---65647098052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daquin-ferriere.fr/userfiles/file/83763004044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cefb9fdf8e014e593625f1da6625f18/wikigodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=view+chrome+history+on+phonePDF 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_off0000e728.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE728 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF3F 10600 bytes
SHA-256: ec5b847e3e3aa404924d386e2b16c17cadc8de6160eb5a00af21ffa94894bf46
font_02_sfnt_off0001176b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1176B 16912 bytes
SHA-256: 28d10f1030c0257719b019b51322b8d35f5d2f4f7463748b51dcc76c7ae076ec