Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e5dce588e839c54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 16:51:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 571707a80a64eee2fa4e0022a76ef7d3 SHA-1: e61c08d48f3fd08a8132dedf55b8ef49fe3afa91 SHA-256: 8e5dce588e839c54d64c858875c3015719f08c081564cec1f6076849a64b56b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and the presence of URLs with 'utm_term' parameters suggest a phishing or SEO poisoning campaign. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to further the malicious objectives, potentially by redirecting users or downloading additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=uk+visiting+visa+application+form+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://hitourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210708_79394C57191EEBE9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sifapojupujifowaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitedwarf.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/pudagegalepitano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d0dad5c26---22041329548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://music-saikung.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99213026484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f391a0031737ad58808883a2dea504c6/35530036872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6e11859feee9ed5939a53b69608fa71/50806356430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eenqo6fnkugrh8obbf5oej75s/4865916013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmxn.com/userfiles/file/20210817144645_bgmuix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veoguidecostarica.com/ci/userfiles/files/zirewepofoxepujam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://printjet.pl/pliki_user/File/51423195723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championsview.net/userimages/26399994577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinkorea.com/files/files/78485528898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuning-zone.eu/userfiles/file/nizovajepufamesegid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607271223abfe---87737270877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aga3risje4hukpfus906k4vnt7/50756623670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swissies.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zatawumigogid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6rtr04q63vb7m18lr1shaco51/tojuxagubefegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/161666998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612de5c1ae63e---38094403048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyseg.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58409920185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kopdesign.nl/userfiles/file/89733080120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://araonline.hu/uploads/file/65360217934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundlight.ca/home/foun6192/public_html/files/custom_files/file/wisizarizup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dph5ntlohpsqq2focutbhqlllf/18666023491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----9sbbnbtte4cyg.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bopufoxosulutawor.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_off0000d7ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000efc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC3 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 72669a2cfb13d86aca08e3aa85dbccffc208effbd235d3f8258b53663a4b7260
font_02_sfnt_off0001091a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1091A 17588 bytes
SHA-256: fdae6981953d63de829c6dbb6586f37c5c0419927cbc3e1775dce1a06f3a39c8