Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e117ec5c25ab633…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-09-21 23:01:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3267514a17fe47ec26f12c0d339e0e0d SHA-1: 9511ebc383c7b0d45d1d0ad44b016a35ff180424 SHA-256: 8e117ec5c25ab633756e98ffe0934d85dd25f43dac137b827ad39ad58e6d4fe9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://china-baby-clothes.com/d/files/71006543856.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://carscaso.com/js/upload/files/91564881916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161319b176a89b---81269931267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelseafarm.com/kweb/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jagugotedigodofuvigutima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syntrend.critical.tw/upload/files/66608890330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rinducm1.com/contents/files/48221530928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e7321bcf50---1168266965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26247861244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161420ed2952e8---73704889851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s2ipower.com/survey/userfiles/files/xupowupufujuxunarebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridahouselottery.com/test/userfiles/file/75234339231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-keber.de/images/file/tonogotinifosufobukona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tc-muehlacker.de/data/tcmuehlacker/userfiles/file/subimotuxumowesan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petrovaskola.sk/userfiles/imagefile/10621429772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franklcalabreseattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/61916566322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/38712570238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.net/slicice/file/taladejivaguxufinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leoclubmarsala.it/userfiles/files/16160869057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumisaedu.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_847BA8D5640EBF2E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgkno.cn/upload/silemipinurufutozuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithathoaphat11.com/upload/files/bedajibujavedobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=wonder+woman+1984+megavideoPDF 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_off0000ee02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE02 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 010bf5fc684d10cef712a6aa457f07f9bac9ca56aa030002c65eb1ea848068e7
font_01_sfnt_off0001073f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1073F 19180 bytes
SHA-256: b461ac6e3b13d474c954dd9ddad65d4e7f5b8bba05b28f7fbefbc2d419a9290f
font_02_sfnt_off0001396d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1396D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1