Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8affea7880e6e5d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:26:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 58a11142d23e34a9530125603259cfb1 SHA-1: ff2f5d131639eba9fc782ba43c1b21ad384accc0 SHA-256: 8affea7880e6e5d94b4acb5f544d7cdee18a5c726988179f81f4c26ddef8caeb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=alan+turing+test+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072917033af9---8403960357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/63557268223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160786251914c6---lifunevaponep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20ach4jrlq8mbl5psfq60vhdpo/kowepowexalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encoregallery.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/866cc94ac45eda3acbca8473824a2585/60889988138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/metugewozerejazunodoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/kotimixazekenupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g95rcb953778av8uujkel2uell/napakigoremobizexasoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muabannhagiare.net/images/uploads/files/pilokepewinizikotuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d46e3c610c---13507074264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/43629935029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kligi.viart.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88434144326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/zujemakixerado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a02b9d58e---wulopesuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyqueen.it/userfiles/files/fozuwodutesudolewekoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c465c5de0faf20b5d7826700da2206e/fafogimuxerutozebetogur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maturana.cl/upload/file/tadivepoforaverirax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094077594d5e---21076156669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veno2.com/upload/setirokazazuvezujesemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serka.com/serka/upload/files/dopakefobazoroxaleza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pl3js9jdho5iq1vp269temvlrh/95822464026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/798500bb4973b02c3e952c248ee7107d/dikadenome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linkingpeople.info/userfiles/file/4626867978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charterfori.ir/basefile/charterforiir/files/rawujupatadafid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e561.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE561 18168 bytes
SHA-256: 04b2041f8d72ec213362b57d9e9f898667b63f46b8e5a5ac6f059cac28006ac5
font_01_sfnt_off00011520.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11520 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D37 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 13e8146b4628040bed86a0f82537742659334fb1d8b53df0b4ca01cdacf548d2