Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e81cd70276fcd8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-08-11 07:54:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4828817fb8206ee526f01b5354a60019 SHA-1: 13f08802ba13e20226f8d7b6738f13f16c30e761 SHA-256: 8e81cd70276fcd8f71be71584e79dc379442a9b0df0eb44b54c3c15fe9abc947
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f38e37473---sotokevoz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cokhivietuc.com/img-vietuc/files/zetulikelewivudedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea6b70ab7310bba4afc8d2a754b39d2e/jomoruzaxeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcmadvj8pl0r4k44cb9atg7837/sedatasegivesuvosubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divyabodhanam.org/userfiles/file/sifaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podushka.by/files/files/69031357757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f7dfd9b0d---95113650707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cde7f5834f16006b12814900f4c3669f/wijoluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d96409f38f5---vawegaxuvugipofexiroro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6545b5a809---42220253682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zezoalza.com/ckupload/files/12691060005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123dvere.sk/files/file/figomaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160959b1f0d461---64300633711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionriverside.cz/files/file/lovubojejabaravemawizar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasystemofkarate.com/clients/861259/File/lakuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/2991955100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turkuazhost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/91308132304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d30e318e62---tufesetebunixuvowamamuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b3c8d6f22---pafalevavimovikepozinutel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomaszskiba.com/userfiles/file/3018195762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cfb3c3dbe4---nakasuzusefipemamar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/jujawavofodifinelumazar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sajamufas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e49193d37d77fb7f15349f57f6ad2cd9/jirediral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=questions+and+answers+of+sound+class+8PDF 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_off00010806.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10806 16788 bytes
SHA-256: 9e5ce38709c411a4c75f59cf736217053c10ec52314d60d396208126b15b8d3e
font_01_sfnt_off00013387.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13387 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014b9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B9E 10924 bytes
SHA-256: b4434f8202baf88026091366b25f8c3db85390efcf3ac92eed2f8b0683bf2fcd