Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e56d5e40445deba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-09 17:14:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: aef0538d6535b2087c2ad00e5ca876f4 SHA-1: e352d73c9063c1c8002c2b309a324065b18677ac SHA-256: 8e56d5e40445deba9c3b84bf68c037d186d7bb26f54e406c60b3c26039236f88
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The presence of a visual download button lure, combined with the ML classifier and ClamAV detection, strongly indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+lite+mobile PDF link annotation
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/86806313571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a55136c91---vefuzexebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-restauracion.com/app/webroot/files/uploads/files/kogisipulukonemopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankubezpieczen.pl/userfiles/file/61013821487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimustelecoms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56606771557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tareeapartment.com/user_img/files/34683754089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awfiowv.love-mrt.com/upload/files/47120409798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fohow77.ru/upload/file/5633278272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rund-sro.cz/UserFiles/File/33231536912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corpus.bg/files/fck/file/wefebumivikimozuxagagosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sobinco.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76366892347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/jepamorezuxaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34a4d7579384786f42b1374dfa518db4/kufimonumosilipuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwresort.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dizatunuvegamepen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/73858327094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyeminshop.com/DATA/files/39210607645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fsbulletsandbrass.com/userfiles/files/riladujuvozarojil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccichn.vn/data/upload/file/67664557069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/76897677260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392b9dc2db5---wagivawozif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pooq-design.com/app/webroot/fckfiles/file/74429726020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisin1977.com/js/upload/files/55659133594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/svq3jlqgc4pn21to812sllv93o/53439784226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/84506772710.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_off0000de1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE1C 18260 bytes
SHA-256: 2412084ab36cf9fac692f9dc8f3e668e8af876de982cbbc34f1ac0cc9572856a
font_01_sfnt_off00010cbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CBF 10212 bytes
SHA-256: 13225325bb97d2c97039769707604c51e016d0a6392a732ebcb53b02e3ece222
font_02_sfnt_off000123b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1