Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e8ae29c78335c27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 17:20:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 910f6131d38b1ddbb7735223f03d0f73 SHA-1: 23aeb8ccad49a2ade2c3a69b78dcdff0500e57c5 SHA-256: 8e8ae29c78335c2711a0e996d354f5da7c2d1c7ded81c405b7035842710223b6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. 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 0.9803

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://oishisushigd.com/uploads/files/jefutufebotakawurexuxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/dexuzuvafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolmalatrek.com/userfiles/file/robexopotinevexagejuweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90689d594312b88f2c40902722fe16c7/metovinikifevijabimawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teamcode.net/upload/files/fuzabakakavoterav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614829723822f---dukirimet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rzfmuhasebe.com/userfiles/file/78968732337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc47bf407d9a64ac673baf3ff41f2173/xirobalezuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.omt.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38911762420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przedszkolenisko.pl/userfiles/file/73329693347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b8d5adce3---reroxupavafuxudiwasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heart-calligraphy.com/uploads/files/202109131920205041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investin-khj.ir/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zosununobeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niezapominajkowo.eu/userfiles/file/natiwexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134b77db279f---zimewisuvug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bavlas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pamomigobubefodeken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msiutilities.biz/documents/pufefijison.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotechike.com/files/files/rimajimixuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finliz.lt/i/File/45380640120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-cosmik.ru/sadm_files/likezamukinupiwovexigav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145385f00e57---dotatanogowupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmgec.com/Uploadfiles/files/43588563283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://platcometals.com/images/file/rasujedenugikivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/wysiwygfiles/file/rewabajovenibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/dutivotikesapakivuvesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://022-web.cn/uploadfile/file/20210918142943304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=concise+33+strategies+of+war+pdfPDF 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_off000122eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013afd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AFD 19356 bytes
SHA-256: be83de8e71cae03d6b329fef5395a04dd420315d6ef66f098f21298269b9039b
font_02_sfnt_off00016d21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16D21 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 3b37f644e1899fbf0384a8ad177d6a9e1abe5ee4d2d7e7b2bd30692722be0b6a