Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e2866a1aacb2b30…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 17:18:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a85a5c289e2e561adfaa5297d9eab442 SHA-1: 350ca0bde77714abc115833bdc04558c230e2287 SHA-256: 8e2866a1aacb2b3079d492995292a3832e06b9c24f9bd0596ba284b308aeae0b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other external sites, indicating a likely phishing or redirection scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://leebyunghun.org/new/upload/board/files/80667730765.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://greenfuturevietnam.com/Upload/files/fiseri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesterteto.hu/userfiles/file/94390116607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073dfe64266e---tufafolawojawaduvimiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/paxasotimis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amsteroverseas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19429901966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highrise.pl/file/56358731633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gift-founder.com/archive/upload/files/71425512069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e7b4d75804036d3414b16a7940fb8c0/20980936395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/zemiditixapoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/210319401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychamsocda.vn/images/userfiles/file/pixuduzakaduzup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crescentcarpets.com/userfiles/file/kumudumazoteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebanksunited.com/clients/7/7d/7da19d52c1086e69e61582739ce98a0f/File/40055308868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d94280cf66b62034db849ec1199c6aea/linofekizuzibawenesoxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/rabiwosubetel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ec1bc5854446a5324e0681545678538/pamavotogesosiwuxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eubeer.vn/uploads/files/vomolezig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourhealthyanswer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72927133556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202105/file/dalarofatawetarera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hr-serdahel.hu/images/file/lotovaduzop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857a02a5e3d---gerul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v1i2bt1n5cvv14p48md0tjab93/91143656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thokhoavietnam.com/upload/files/wekivogixuzabupotaduresi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50d52d134a6047944314162146bd8702/81209651874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=scrumstudy+sbok+guide+2018+spanish+pdfPDF 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_off00011939.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11939 12044 bytes
SHA-256: be1dd2865c7a8654e0f3ec4e9107498bffb28a3ca9b1e977c79dfab9cf69f201
font_01_sfnt_off000135c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135C3 20644 bytes
SHA-256: fed33a6c89fb3339d9b3a472a29676813db497ff1b968986686a488314b648bd
font_02_sfnt_off00016b06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B06 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1