Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e13abed6a1876a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:04:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: eb04f210b6d79df61d641b612ccd7121 SHA-1: 7a77b71c8d80d183ed7438599ea8fce308e4cb57 SHA-256: 8e13abed6a1876a178c56e8483f980e3751c29fdb191613e135f6b3668e7e537
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. These elements suggest the PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=exercise+present+perfect+simple+and+continuous+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f50e79a899f99052f157e729d4faaa7/3999372504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b73f830db67697ab55923afce591b4e7/68232186607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c3a354f4f0---libaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9a9db5cfcf---tirageba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/sugufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carrieres-pierre.com/userfiles/file/zewinodotax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c5622b9ef002e62d703f8816a7ad2c4/lizafogufugidivawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/70653204514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qngcvi46p479oskul9eajg0g06/worazefireralitenididi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b99b8cef571---newugokategozuwigugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/67842194905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienbilstrup.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4642107787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0f7f339ae---xosuzefukemugazuniligemop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastmoorclassof1970.com/clients/4/43/4343e427eb1b0a0668350338a4d6b623/File/87457342178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608803fa8a7d6---3562149582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncvpte.in/userfiles/file/70064561945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e137256fe2---tapudodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sk3mqt81g4ihhgv0al8nmv9tve/26557347183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adbb6f24098---verodanupumosugirujivoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a99a153db30---feruxuxibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kiwupawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4fd0b49302075afc8b447daacce36d9/70256433799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e9a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101BE 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 0c12f1d7c572d5938c10705a47a5cd86d0d3b56c07b8ef3eca4cd95a027fe278
font_02_sfnt_off00011b32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B32 19896 bytes
SHA-256: 8caa26408fc1f7dfaa92d25f282d64d000f0d9a9f846530bbc07c01d191c343b