Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e822e4ae477fa8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 20:05:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: e597daf65951a49bb2f1665cc7ba7351 SHA-1: 04f66d9fa25e8debb42e5260a816fbee150e0f7a SHA-256: 8e822e4ae477fa8ac1b35027b2713f872b5ddc33205252d9838382aa39c2346d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The file functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The presence of these links suggests an intent to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://fszhenjia.com/upfolder/e/files/20210602202438.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://timandlor.com/userfiles/file/jukabajekuvepufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b682c1956e---99213929071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093cc0f378d6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wegifemalikugesed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ea43e02eb---90483434746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/55284747920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vofebt3jstgjg87ll42t1t50m7/fofebugenejogajipofufipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd12f91c32---zenunidalawubuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ce84d3d8f---mesepixetanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/88449200830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/pedunobiketegusixoxafaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eubeer.vn/uploads/files/suwemijubenunizekuzuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mbcasc.net/imgs/file/26240109403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b9845e948575d10e49cc0e04fe85d72/bolib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160affc5c1c535---68877535564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68749nrdemtgqhge02qadeku62/kezefufawufoxebamelubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac885186bbe---tizojela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e8fafd8854---tizedomupuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tivati.com/uploads/userfiles/file/nuwojudunagagasata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/005a16177eca383e48307be31f380adf/95036570092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b47a367c0a249764d31aa5f700f426c9/66646478221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716054cca66---rasut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2cc4b4109---59882095517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=best+free+pdf+converter+to+excelPDF 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_off0000c4dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4DC 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 5fc57628237e022c3f7542ccecf375375cedd5ce57d214bb5448b649f36d399f
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD32 17368 bytes
SHA-256: 19feb35ccb3de4902a1e97ead12afab3570aa64d56a10900a76f7b220546f5b0
font_02_sfnt_off000109ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1