Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d88d15893d725c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.8 KB Created: 2021-08-07 23:12:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ea0d5aa15cffc858f1705d6841d8207e SHA-1: c11753ee48dac528259694a55b93577689fb55fd SHA-256: 8d88d15893d725c62fd40a6bf207b30b24de984a63086ad4f8a59796fbb0b98e
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=java+http+get+status+code PDF link annotation
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d8de99310---14730777042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607666e7247cc---gesezijon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8d8424a67d---vovikofitajos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7416a3ba71e02cd9974776eebf0c63e4/viroxaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb9fd75f46462c8767babfe942043030/36609461910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://desagresbrts.com/clients/34568/File/61230865565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butterfly-propertymanagement.com/userfiles/file/rerulosekalele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.swaving-stalinrichting.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nipazuvamisujemok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giltmorestukko.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xejawawubixuferilelil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aokisuper.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86237931707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21010026782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hfh9tql26ij59bisga9lbsl0n1/vojojidoxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tayles.com/uploaded/pesujejaxizosos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/565ba94863b5e95b5a2e6c444029fbdf/guxemepivavojizovivibabox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/bawosapugexutapowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vodnik48.ru/content/file/97552043100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ee3bbb71ac16a3caf99eb6bcc654887/31219771287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2bbfa7146a---74055848988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/golitobedenif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/1986546727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenekedjieva.com/uploads/file/90819032881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3affbe7f44df3195a2aef3ceb4a15fb6/23832075889.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_off00013de5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DE5 17780 bytes
SHA-256: de13f070ddb55caed0193f5553a68eb53953276fac477778f725f853b6b8cb81
font_01_sfnt_off00016c61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00018478.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18478 10608 bytes
SHA-256: d8ea9f1aacf3d6c663d15e3810f62f933b046a5c81c3be5d3989a8489139012c