Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e646a8cc2ec25fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-10 06:49:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 00e02f46b6659de8dae5c40692754736 SHA-1: 4301a383345fb61989a8255da18c7f1f74b0263b SHA-256: 8e646a8cc2ec25fbafd64e1b0d976bdd32efeee809759ec42f76dcdf9373407e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it's designed to lure users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for redirecting the user to these malicious link farms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0jg06i908h6nrqdaqqqsblss4/xazajosebonobu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mospolytech.ru/storage//files/mosarotovujufowolonupat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/zezupekixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1607be4c315941---51588279047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i8gtl3drtlg2b71lcnh247mjcj/deneroxoxexagezavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alapan.org/fckimages/file/20509106336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99ea3ad9c3da6237bf262c60d379be3a/28073777484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aristosaigonhotel.vn/uploads/files/mokukazovoneso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b8a423555f---jidufok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bce8eece3f6667cbdc446b58cfc1f9f/mevalikagabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/tokot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilenmr.com/files/files/rupeledi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatnagarancija.com/userfiles/file/joretaxeromes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/fubodufovagosomoviluxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e9f080ea1841fdb8511463a841a1143/36608247764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f85d1e7daf630d4fc2e5d362117f0b28/82645212102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094101c1b142---puboxidonufuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1c08cd336---75012494782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73747518640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/runuforu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e56d24eda9f29648f873fda446402753/lapugezariximibovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6c8bf6749d---17692457106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/pimepexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882345ddc1c---zisokogezus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089603a184c9---rowozoritevunekabeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/210625210531520808okwmeh.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+far+back+does+your+resume+need+to+goPDF 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_off0000f167.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF167 17108 bytes
SHA-256: 4f49c3763642f60893d5e04ac2acd348bb87672d3bd88df6504e90329df0a1aa
font_01_sfnt_off00011e50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E50 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 759472520923e2780fb1d87072a5d463e538163259bc9da804620a209e30e750
font_02_sfnt_off00013875.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13875 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1