Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e454910e9dd4a5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-08-30 23:11:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 033839ae2fbf6ca06ab921b7b5748621 SHA-1: 8921ecb58ee44dd9f4a456ec549a83539071eaad SHA-256: 8e454910e9dd4a5f81a7b60372e889dcac6de7d859eba6440a9a39ec8da32a7f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO poisoning to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ping+meaning+in+bengali PDF link annotation
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qprd745nu8imj5h9sksq0cnbfj/wupopatalugigosuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahs1968.com/clients/d/dc/dcea35c349c70fb55dca458fc6558ff6/File/xewaviwaduguvagotiwuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaint-house.com/dimefofoxenonuvoraza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756c68c06f5---dadefubonagatomexoxipoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5ccb17e794---47679703733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxgear.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dupiselezomopukemenet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/304f47c37c196ef3577e2ad883347e5e/dazeketumunevumemuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/53878568189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verynailscm.com/user_img/file/6794427669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duancanhotot.com/upload/files/febunewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/64142864459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changdahk.com/upload/76051603924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d28e2a75918ab1caa674fd1285d60be0/71940830014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021072704373573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00e19f8c81e460ce6b762eeddacc223f/vusajuvadiluzuxesozipope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1416a9c966c0cfaf2f577011a38c82e8/kikakenuginibab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keramann.ru/uploads/files/vegaralinuzabonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e0550068ac---xorixorefofipak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megatekspb.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/34027463953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160accac17ccb9---58475379811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mynigaoe.com/upload/file/20210814050218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bmu75kmga04bjk3qjp0uhdlkq3/tidibojebiwolenigaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/navixikoxolofokomume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vupogebofetifakewobimiw.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_off0000d78e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD78E 20684 bytes
SHA-256: a2f9a4d72798bf7abc63b7c998c0edface2889d39382be36ce8c6a9de0a875b1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D9E 10104 bytes
SHA-256: fb11f05c2ed65be79f599c14e51c3ee9351193863663b111ad62f2458cc15598
font_02_sfnt_off0001240d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1240D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1