Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e7dc417d239ad06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-12 22:14:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c185d672bf9e9aae7e123e4be58bf5e5 SHA-1: 739650b60e780d0386b6b82bacc29c7d48ba9d4a SHA-256: 8e7dc417d239ad068fee2f02c3b3423fccd2ff2a440a2dec306f64fcc998893b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites via the link farm. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137bcc439a2c---wikamasukoxebalel.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://qbcar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/babuliviwurewexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iowatriallawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/guravivifoxufuzexatun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://littleedupark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/remuxemafodelin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e22caa512684c1fe4ca337ab58e8303/jesusojigepalibawori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wcsps.com.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74333953249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kelvista.lt/images/files/96243636690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eskuvoiiranytu.hu/blog/file/zazelamiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161394096b46b0---degexalezawabififuxife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peperita.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/28992139154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dambi.pl/userfiles/file/75950555734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strategie-forex.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68104089056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorapeyzaj.com/userfiles/file/bovoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eurosecurimed.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63575141092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpscrm.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/49903036438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zangerlelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/8234534921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burmeseburmilla-allevamento.com/userfiles/files/bezejofudone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hostingureitings.lv/uploads/userfiles/files/52133172418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncetrabzon.com/resimler/files/74821192832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ancheng-medical.com/uploadfile/files/gigemejaren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elstar.ru/uploads/files/78108710221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babijie.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-4/20210904194602886475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snpwachq.com/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zepikuvipemotixisovefiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makeyourpartnermelt.com/userfiles/file/bukisurasifefafamofiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=pros+and+cons+of+social+media+debatePDF 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_off0000b1e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1E7 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 944902ec7dcf5dbebe482910e0e5faa627ad42c99de0bdc1caec7af66a8044e2
font_01_sfnt_off0000cab1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAB1 14468 bytes
SHA-256: b8776a869aa3fde01e6439c8bf4e2c21bda345f1780c0de3376ef2300a94e4fc
font_02_sfnt_off0000eea6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1