Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e043fad2c858bab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:54:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5f403a579de50481bd18b5903ce1eb12 SHA-1: 54dc17a9969fc27ee24981d4d5e1ea5468ebb819 SHA-256: 8e043fad2c858bab1624765a6a73d43af6a514417c652edf1754900b96567394
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=irs+2018+qualified+dividends+and+capital+gain+tax+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • http://cropscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/13955387241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/kisididubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smeeing.com/userfiles/files/31748125109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mna6pk98devqavvnledn8li196/vizunokamowubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajarnveerapong.com/UserFiles/file/sukuvibunaveja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89068e5bab745757e5028f1c68067a60/ziwogenikofigemoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e67b95dcc82f59050d7a073424be1c9f/11181046867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50f8cd8960692388a58362db6ea9b0e8/56808054267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/rafutejudufasebebuweleko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bfull.ru/uploads/files/70971363622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/283d9b5c73aeac58138c4a35f2c0fadb/74003170234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78280102330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingmitrcoffee.com/user_img/files/84390313983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1qjd.com/upload/files/2021-07-06-07-42-49-XxrT4WOW.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profix.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fupuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1a329195e---fosemod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonioruizabogados.es/userfiles/file/47916200988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://islandsvefir.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd4sfmad6ilpd9qkgdh7ieqcdp/tovolekuzanuzinob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608219ef16f25---7676101102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/71410057411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukvoznaika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37021463077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c14fcbcdc21---45265381240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruresept.ru/files/file/82483434030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qkon.ca/images/file/sukeruvasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa39efa79f492c6057e10d03be6301df/23430909441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/95421123754.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_off0000d441.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD441 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC58 11944 bytes
SHA-256: af6a823bc720d3f0143a242b63ef0897b45b5874076db445b9ad55258fef9e00
font_02_sfnt_off0001089b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1089B 17776 bytes
SHA-256: 290b6d56c77360282851c6e5605210ecde6a699e32e7aa5a8667c4ac957cf888