Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e007e55bfbfe3aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:59:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1241d5f3c9c7c41f68654c1f674a77e4 SHA-1: 2b41f62eac1046105832a640bc2b5cb492a1b352 SHA-256: 8e007e55bfbfe3aa09e8beab30c182d40705ee19e2826ba362ebf24dd3420528
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content or initiating phishing attacks. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, further suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2a192960fc10bc6fa9945813935bf44/kusuvores.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://trustarshida.co/cache/fck_files/file/4512844072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091bcbb7ca7a---58048273402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161014178b20d9---90516739973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73dbd647c3e5bec42619cb65d1c5f3f5/luravosipalulimite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esfa.bg/root/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94348235958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medi-sen.com/files/files/26080786134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeci.nl/im/image/bufagogujerudisudebasetiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720adce1bf6---78318383305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/gojafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selispin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/72167897431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b77f20f19ac---ripusufobatupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansatrans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wujosomelokose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jualumnitoronto.com/editor/uploadfiles/14701067085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c311389965a---7227012594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sibirprokat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21075305893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staples1981.com/clients/b/ba/ba027a536d51c1d997ee76cae6dc9017/File/70952115922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamel2.pl/userfiles/file/44061644936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/66293616206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f65f3499af---77634046912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/286b9dd7be0676cfb73ce400907ec7d9/xiruwikiwonamogagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05135a3344348b54a49b7a29da44595e/dekigosivoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ea65906c49---17418005647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edc9710b9ab---26057031799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/zebikafawosatidovunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=prelims+2018+analysis+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_off0000cbe4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBE4 11056 bytes
SHA-256: fa4429d115463628b825a1266a5c8100579b0c34d6bd3af8146815e32784eef3
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fdc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDC4 18092 bytes
SHA-256: b386404ae5483d3fb34b9822727f953b14dd4936bae6f0b90ee2d8800c595d4d