Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e0aa432e7b7f49d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-07-22 18:59:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 14762fd1619952486f9d503bd60e95d5 SHA-1: 5c2ba3c1efbd5ab6f6b5afa57701be1c630ad47a SHA-256: 8e0aa432e7b7f49df3135304f0a76083435c83cbe94b85aec8899cc515900157
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm structure, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to compromised websites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery, contributing to the phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://weboonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fufawanawinizu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5d1e0de397---goberufubalilini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a988b27052d---surigeworajasitisupuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lube-stc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92376034120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a623173f7df---fujuwejer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d7d4fce770---85550630414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vv-alc.nl/uploads/files/wovukizojedij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/41267807381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/48970619759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eck9q3ma8bl95625j26uch9oh2/48494673942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee73cd7a58---41170035781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geyikkimya.com/userfiles/upload/file/33010612963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c90f07dbd0a---jamivanigufupebupenivad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4554dd85ac7710f9c459490378aca1ad/40290850642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c4e1401d2---gawurutidulugozop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/danegosifowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauroconsulting.pl/userfiles/file/xetagovariwofer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nifixopovuken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/94844508852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/466f87c607332924e93c773eae5a83c5/90305753764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a14a29664---74296321952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sdcdm272aool120u0pt6ifjm8h/jopos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/misisax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2da004d49fd3b5463daa3ef3366c320a/63163439383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e21923303028592ab7bb3ad0d5e7054/27636245071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=dr+shaheen+oncologistPDF 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_off0000cf8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF8D 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 5625af412b9f2f7297433443871cd7eec8430995f9d98ef742846fd367adf093
font_01_sfnt_off0000e76a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE76A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF7C 17712 bytes
SHA-256: c2536dabfcf0c5e95d7c9223cf163699269abb8d09906cda36d3b1728503e7e9