Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8eaa3a40ee2805df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-07-07 22:01:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-07
MD5: e2144b7f30e0b464e6a513593f7c60d3 SHA-1: 856c402519ee72638dfc3cad46c6176993a0b34b SHA-256: 8eaa3a40ee2805df7ce62ece3d83a5a0710d0c35d597e62a5ad2d536c7c12e8f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' strongly suggests the document's purpose is to act as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=avoid+verb+forms PDF link annotation
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/44621828363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faa508099c89d4aed30daf76bd824583/figavetubisovusiselesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2ad3d3ad406a78b7a49ebbafe9ba256/46328473228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourhealthyanswer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kevewakavugulexuwekitela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6ab36f2f9---xujovape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/68033465669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/6220127103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5m-tti.com/uploads/image/files/desegibugunijigenovasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maskaevlawyer.ru/userfiles/file/22031672047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607becd2e4004---fesipejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c18aee21be7a1a934860a7395f70149b/kunobesunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7eec965f4355cc3bd83bdaa0c8e92e9/83296285469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/38342403896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948a1f15c8a---pipopet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eeb117be68189db2b719582baef9aa1/wegubilidosekalegowipuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/80365548137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61045582596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a850df65d4a---kazesolaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/nowabig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/46113808211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dff3e0cabc46407f3d09309aa1ad316b/67401646968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientu24h.vn/webroot/img/files/10658564646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhandieurangmuoi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jerurikotowabiwijojuvofu.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_off0000decc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDECC 10292 bytes
SHA-256: 140284246aa34711787e23f9f5297e7518cfe911853a8e65709d386ef2ad0b35
font_01_sfnt_off0000f600.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF600 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E12 17720 bytes
SHA-256: 188002338b30d465d4cad2714562f513ab357f3c7c55ffa62e8cfab61608dc32