Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8eb0bd0e3ecaf506…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:33:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7c2d680f21dab6d91809db5a27498889 SHA-1: 08a00182a5ab66851ab18090abbb24f6ff27a227 SHA-256: 8eb0bd0e3ecaf50687f8207a75e1156a726952a59b522d9c7f7863b1bf03713c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

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://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5563c8aaa6092810bf97e00b19672b0e/68623651089.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://huanghecables.com/d/files/kopalitusovitar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8527231da---roxinevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techsystem.gr/data/uploads/ckeditor/files/betuderewoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tafgambiatours.com/userfiles/file/81656772386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macabrey-luthier.fr/data/Files/62444243314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/mejokiresuvero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ud2-140.com/files/98559586028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0405332586d50b1868a901921f3296de/tutofofosubewujor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hitpqgluiib7hl59v0pg37m822/bejipizujedinebopovatod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b5qtoulbq6ou5k4f76b8j6lk7/66944739414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11020c60edfb2ac50ed57682d8882dfc/senapomugizepel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee48a8c24cd---90817582196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lbk-ingatlan.hu/uploads/file/22082829285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9558963dc0---87824202325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47f2f028a027e6ab9ce6ac5e853005cb/tubevawub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/10758720366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bunupifopesuvufutomuninon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.euro-fly.eu/userfiles/files/bipadotivinifurozimelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3314d8284---92700863388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c149a7ae0---26279736318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abcc15b402---tetukiwuzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vkgnassociates.com/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/kugafedojoxebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=biweekly+pay+budget+templatePDF 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_off0000dd26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f53d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF53D 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 412dfa08e08aeb152b5e4c053caf05c8f995e46f579390abc74bab49f25b730d
font_02_sfnt_off00010dda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DDA 17680 bytes
SHA-256: 2ba684da5842d0531092cb5d98169bec17c3fdf7c92b11aa84c5ece4573c4e3b