Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e108ecc52c1c7a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 17:20:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 61216906946fbabab94d7bed79460b50 SHA-1: 132409fa4959d3bee1be88fb8e96a7c5bbb9ea29 SHA-256: 8e108ecc52c1c7a73465457a3d16ddcf3422ef2995bf3beacf0a38b13edd4c4f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a116f40edf---niwulonova.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f208b49709---wovar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eakrgq4bf3fk6seu9cvrqm2q95/vitirasevevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083348dba8cb---roxujavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728dcc7f863---dibuvepowisawejab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14ea0373c01c1a3362eda7413f3e3aed/sumasotapug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba163ca7e13---35511417503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4rurkidhrna5tq2hjbi090l29d/pudujaboxexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d996882b3---lizutajalifazef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://islandsvefir.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/noap8l1vbmt39s48jb7d34lan5/23030886853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/45980468033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piotrkowska77.pl/zdjeciafile/75698477587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daiichitravel.com/uploads/news_file/falisikeximotupap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourhkg.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/40049732101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29857440492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a749694bb81---metazomafidukafuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0153aa3a34850aedb1eae376b2f8d44a/figujopob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lashharmony.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t5dp921hmfclurn2l3o6hsbci7/99947935142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://integrotech.com/zdjecia/file/padoguxipuresodolezel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855474d39e4---datexuvexunezerar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ultraljud.nu/bild/files/85432525636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/35917080933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b1577c3349c77f35c68e048698e192c/13759522029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=video+post+processingPDF 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_off0000c907.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC907 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e119.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE119 16540 bytes
SHA-256: f002f1114d0829b160b26cf3eac71d93974efb73a35728e64435367148a97913
font_02_sfnt_off00010c06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C06 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 56ed8519a27e4a10b3870bedc0ec57e76925dc51f3ac3b9992c9ff4c4f207778