Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e1723b847cde01f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-09-13 18:15:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 9d1415009029c5210cfe5d359a5bde3a SHA-1: ec8844ec84c9316da6f6284a9e2bb3719906e68a SHA-256: 8e1723b847cde01f7d7a2821474165e4b89feeca2fa3b8c4f26a86f200e775ed
172 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 directories, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a1ada2e6daf01a3e3fe992d8f37b26a/6866099422.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://goodlife88.com/uploads/files/27761772080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santeh.md/img/files/lonugogemalewofotumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakov.hu/_user/file/rukibil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dkmodels.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuvujadopipazoroniloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agmatbaa.com/upload/files/42748779592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5a.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/revufetugasevabow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d97a6aa774a46a91b899bf062a60091/68384509586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerproductionline.com/d/files/26185483403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hfengly.dk/skoleportalen/userfiles/file/8336962122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurosan.pl/user_images/file/35059826968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinadesigndanang.vn/uploads/image/files/13983747807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laureysnv.be/uploads/files/xibuserogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613baf5f21a62---52226925461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15412470411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faktxeber.ru/resimler/files/makapiwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesvil.it/filesUploads/file/lebusanotesodisimitewowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminentland.com/admin/userfiles/files/zudanosefegodowiguze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hicoweld.com/shop/fck_file/file/74553943142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connect-event.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12267977828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satbietthu.com/luutru/files/xilamufikewiratojito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasicimosnov.cz/foto/Image/file/57860060947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanaspinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/90502878626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insolite.lu/img/userfiles/files/jebafuvesaguvolugataneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=game+berkebun+offline+untuk+pcPDF 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_off0000b635.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB635 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 6a6561a431a7f58af7fff6bb86182cf087affd3545c0cd7b333973012b4bdf5b
font_01_sfnt_off0000cef7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEF7 16304 bytes
SHA-256: 7b4d5a3ce6b43d997d4af58a34e632fd126be7ebabf7901f9b713be92eb63c8e
font_02_sfnt_off0000f853.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF853 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1