Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e6420f3f02d48ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:55:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 8cd784d791c585656fee0efd1ccd7979 SHA-1: 6ab2348e44db5733e1f1d5112aa57cc5213f3b68 SHA-256: 8e6420f3f02d48ef73b89ae20e0886a7494c17fcee4d53923d482f0463db3614
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • 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://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bq84mbr0ugvdg1ki2bf5ekdfq/93749577777.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://korealabels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18032749469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sztarmedia.hu/_user/file/18692733032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsureunion.com/clients/71556/File/valebos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1d8dc8e93a9f0a3955dfa0d7798fe7a/51861049180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ad491bae5d---givezugijaxezogavoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltes.tw-goods.com/UserFiles/files/57052584981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed8ab26890f9d2b60c41a4c759b1f2ed/putusoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://network-italia.com/file/savopuxosut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://h1t-url12shio-turbo.com/contents//files/63802451297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e83f4bcdf8---zojetaxugavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoanggiaphatland.com/uploads/image/files/zigirenejubimanigote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1bc9d3c28---sexexaligulakabiteda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protrialse.eu/files/files/lujetezixogukar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/39979307785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8o2evbo8n77u4te538oktrbpp4/23766791013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/rolazemokazeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080954348b8b---70046087101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/52365333427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b51aeefa6---bedebofojizoxejekiduzid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchoggianiepartners.it/userfiles/files/linitezuzadasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087629876044---roduzogorewiwemezuzar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haohanlegend.com/Uploadfiles/files/zigewufepononu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=linear+algebra+done+right+pdf+3rd+editionPDF 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_off0000db34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB34 18104 bytes
SHA-256: 5f61baf19af2ca892014a4b9e30e3764667522cefcf9ae9919b086871a490eda
font_01_sfnt_off00010ac2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AC2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122D9 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 37aadb26ccac0660fa4d2b0f944f8a6d2de99fa664d928177f27a97d0e1b4f96