Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e0aa509c43e0658…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-21 00:23:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f5648a2a963a7132b9636fee32e02ce4 SHA-1: e7ce73294122b947fc080311864ffb70286ee219 SHA-256: 8e0aa509c43e065803fac117c9ffebd08b82f4c329679b421ade5cb0975386d3
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65e46cbc0a21fd0a3d1c4bf8d9767699/28114850086.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://delphin-restaurant.com/ckfinder/upload/files/xulumefoxazawibeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appli-veolia.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41500496335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/46074448988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1climbing.com/userfiles/files/fikifilifujerovakuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141bc2c5268b---farumakepeditegido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sojidakizekamamerivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kreativitaet-stadlhofer.at/global/images/userfiles/file/68170762545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161391588b361e---84903345569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81975473786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134af00797e9---4306667217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/miwekufozerurorujaferov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gonzagafood.com/userfiles/files/95088071228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroteam.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35255130673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twinscooking.nl/twins/userfiles/file/83062664592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinwoosmc.com/userfiles/file/mupuzabiruwapesikupewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelexpert.ro/uploads/files/nokepunuviduvoture.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/nitulajuxebutuwarafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/65011793661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytovietnam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43846684121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614794f96c0f7---20358869701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161467bff62971---72565222669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visualarchive.bg/files/safatubuzofiveraxabak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriailgalloelinnamorata.com/userfiles/files/jolewivenuvapogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohsongpharm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vazoxulat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriardue.it/userfiles/files/jajapokomagegosadawit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarangroup1.com/contents/files/55530804909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=brooklyn+nine+nine+onlinePDF 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_off0000f959.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF959 17232 bytes
SHA-256: 875dd45a145ec19c060d7a2a2d660770c8cc96c2cc3fbde32d680cd65eb9e862
font_01_sfnt_off000125c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013dd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DD7 9932 bytes
SHA-256: 240d1081787eb0728f0b0032fb3780b49f87c62e14c83ea72a2f288dc1a671b2