Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e10f164537a9cd2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:43:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e0f85af1fcafec278eba8e9da9b24318 SHA-1: da5152e4bdd737e8b47952b74a74f307ad0cbe8c SHA-256: 8e10f164537a9cd270470598f4a33f6c68b8b0618583d5860c4803c1543c5e03
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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 http://vitalchurchesinstitute.com/files/file/68785450726.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://somersetcountybar.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/10711387428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colantuono.it/userfiles/files/31707842987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bba0b683d16---moxugabafasovezuwotevox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lingchuanfloor.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/wepevexogiganesibawijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campfirewtx.org/userfiles/file/49162921855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyuanmei.com/userfiles/file/93801826148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maymac.info/userfiles/file/47968658845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a80b23a7e692592be7b30cf975af8f29/80837605892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1959.com/clients/51168/File/96284289866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28976185609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dges.in/userfiles/file/91931209140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a34673025d---46328963091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b614868c5c---bekogawow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertbah.si/files/file/pulolozolimopivujedowik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1d692260ca77bd2f899f7e03e425eb2/1423020897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/bepelugimolaxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjclassof1971.com/clients/1/16/169b02496b2253913efe31a5b05f4f66/File/20757217968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baobiachau.com/luutru/files/42938206266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/48645629364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=ante+meaning+in+tamilPDF 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_off0000b729.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB729 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF3B 20244 bytes
SHA-256: ab38ee4f5bfbe430b2b6cab47a38a983f39889185aa2047c6f8d0d55b39c290f
font_02_sfnt_off000102f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102F5 10044 bytes
SHA-256: 3cc2f66aeb6d80f6d188097c25870a6ca68828c06e512fd6b88f15c547090969