Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e96c70cfb2ecba8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:31:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5e2ca3662ab84a96005540d097a0b614 SHA-1: db4ef02218ce054e9c1c7f4b463daffb192d5029 SHA-256: 8e96c70cfb2ecba87f9099d600b9b45af14b233fe4514a1fa3dc65e9ef84828e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://ewhamd.net/upFiles/ckeditor/files/42790441186.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.medic-pneumolog.ro/fisiere/file/tefuxovamoxiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774a90f1aa5---22322091960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0667e81581e2ee6c73023008c9cc049d/jumaletu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8f06117f04---jumepok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g2gcurfkjasec6ith3esddpn61/23477843923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v7fugtj9ahdgrfi7ebbkbo1of8/70772579476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blfimmobiliare.com/userfiles/files/30016446631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargo-box.com/uploads/files/74192770453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.satit.nrru.ac.th/satit/_Adminis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91809915383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andana.us/files/files/doromarevusaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s9dh450p0ut721the64ggte444/7472182187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eef64a3a1f3ad99efec59a2d27b20aa1/fitaduronepexumumejotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viajaconsciente.com/imagenes/userfiles/file/xagulitezimun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0183e19f886b982e3bf46007659d091f/pewuvuwobovobopiduvus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9hat1emke0dj4onpguoanp03d4/72702838592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073218dd4a03---nelabodubejegojurasebigej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/vijagizidotodezes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6tachct4lon7hfribbivoi0606/35054043474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winteringlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/75824113808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkojicin.cz/userfiles/file/82985926148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajur.rest/uploads/userfiles/file/namakararagikopaxoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab86379a76f---lewenanofemonafisolako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bazab.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vogel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/mekozetaraneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longchimvac.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/57518478081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosms.org/media/ftp/file/tedovinatufekofabidugobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=two+digit+subtraction+without+regrouping+worksheetPDF 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_off0000d225.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD225 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA3C 11128 bytes
SHA-256: e809d16f2ee18853b9968edca20a637552af809d139efe4581fe8f8829f9c2fe
font_02_sfnt_off000103d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103D8 17588 bytes
SHA-256: e6f9c0117419008c2860b61d2df87e43cf53f2eddb6dc4a30a54a191f59eba6e