Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d5ec28e9dc51858…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-07-14 09:55:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 7a098c92855f867c6d8477b04c1df25c SHA-1: fbfe726d2353ab4fd1950f77ad276856a991d101 SHA-256: 8d5ec28e9dc5185864429c503f58c324159650efa44e1ab529de7e91c1adcf0e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The document contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+copperplate+calligraphy+worksheets PDF link annotation
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-19/20210519201343460030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608459a2d2f47---sewifiwupedaxudelel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rymwid-training.com/userfiles/file/rurabepovibagawenulup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ff04ef16208cfb23a09c5fbbee3ac75/kijiduzeritaludijuvifas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c10b9c8a60ea85cfa1230ddda7604cbe/tifaxorejeduxamoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/kawetutofefudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizit-k.net/uploads/editor/files/xenukamoruzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16095ff0a4a160---pokob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/jexazagukamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duwopolefepelajero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saito-ken.jp/userdata/file/lixenawilosavexivabitel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/modesukenumatiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambient-interier.cz/files/files/tevavanuwowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b69131b960---dawasanubiforefilemufum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/55940091269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8nh8bcgfem8kvluiefi1s5g525/46707120842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocoenglish.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/31527471827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4ff55415b4---bonowovesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/beca7dd2b826e4f199b04f9fcf0e3bec/nedemudixotalido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/redatelatoxawoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bba123f5a---rozawoxunisasaribilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/savibux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81e0ab6b11fffb61389230eca1382180/91533891162.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e1ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1EA 18360 bytes
SHA-256: 9dd57299305b6d921d1e615083ade4bf1d1960b9e08fe8e85717415b894b7d33
font_01_sfnt_off0001128e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1128E 16140 bytes
SHA-256: 00b1f632e8afe72716c8bcdb76b7901b56c060d1dc0f96f3f5c1b8373b85735b
font_02_sfnt_off0001280a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1280A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00014021.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14021 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 7d1ed9e27f461354a48f35017ca3f309fce6f76fe8291c6895bc77bc38b77153