Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e7fe1b997e8f9cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.0 KB Created: 2021-08-22 03:01:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: be75c57701afeefff74a98799a4f9bbc SHA-1: 88ceeb3f64cfe9eb2c0947cc9ef702656bd24d7e SHA-256: 8e7fe1b997e8f9cd2309df56b8729814931133afda28a5182859101897c76e17
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to directing users to malicious content or downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rise+of+the+tomb+raider+20th+anniversary+trophy+guide PDF link annotation
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85abd827af13e2d63246c0c9bee4381d/40956845891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51677e8027da15f41cc6a355a09cac2a/supetej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/krpbqm8lq4v4sfkqjfaehqre6n/26949765765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4537048562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ncoafm0p0dl8ah5hks99fmpslf/54893967073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altronic.pl/!mag2011/userfiles/file/wutazefudojanibuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82176813313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaitraglaze.com/uploads/galokigenapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hak-al.com/resimler/files/durekaduwifag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e3i.com/UserFiles/file///65878399737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e502eca157a---jinuzuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michelschuurmans.nl/images/uploads/file/55964896974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/waxudunux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bade221e8587d65df5673e895d8f1dd6/visufebozisupapavufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/78649054292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a649b4fee491c6b46db0436ec1084caf/71429774159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1291961cd6---45182417632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093332921752---vebubiwirenobeketut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domholidays.com/userfiles/file/85559488209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5638f4fb5d---63289712399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldurra.ly/images-editeur/img/file/99368832119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubesealer.com/uploaded/file/201320481961135d94856c8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c01c84ee355b6f8104bae45e769af170/vezikimewumagadaraw.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_off000134a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014cb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CB6 18056 bytes
SHA-256: ff913dbdb0b6191df65a90fa1ffb5c3d96fbdba3d9ea8a586398dc423c3e5b2b
font_02_sfnt_off00017be7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17BE7 11604 bytes
SHA-256: c76ff3a19b08156e7c161f8b70e099352d1de6cb7aa71eb270eeb733bbe6d6e3