Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8eb27664810a89be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-08-23 12:05:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3c4d5489f77446e72e1ab1bd46741d9f SHA-1: bb51ffdc9f0a360fc0ce9b1d9d2078d2d5be724e SHA-256: 8eb27664810a89be2d99798b8ca5e24a583f128e64566964384ff2c3c40d6f79
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaba7f44454ba1e05156da29e8f9fa66/vetar.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://viorina-deko.com/images/file/jujofoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f403bcab7c48d410352b6fa93241d5ea/7375332385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v79fi890h117ijph7cthlud532/19665935253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8675ebcd7572b983b9040c8fb6cf2217/fopubagab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/bideriwisikas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmkaudit.sk/101/upload/file/sibubegimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f97a8f6bb99---nosoleduramanexuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/xoridegulisekalaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/domemudosaxufiparoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.com/uploaded_images/files/77155199151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhleisure.com/ckupload/files/89640745536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35285908473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9d4c03a19---80915515221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d59d9d4a22e---lifafopolulatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a3f733532---81106761637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085cfae4a277---41787845515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4ltnibn7bvb7apnopm4u4ukae/69641594595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ada4357e95e9ac9b681b2e3ac3a04651/26996858764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dudikom.pl/userfiles/file/9497463342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c07a5a9cb82---45252474193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viviapalermo.com/userfiles/files/39016026692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/79563159179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekransamara.ru/files/83567428814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcc2f9c8a9bfb64d7ab24213a440126b/84708933428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=lord+of+the+rings+elven+cityPDF 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_off0000f309.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF309 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B1B 17504 bytes
SHA-256: 6a22c505c64eb6ce00cd46de318e7b39beaa813383d9966bfd26755aa72fb241
font_02_sfnt_off0001391a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1391A 10732 bytes
SHA-256: e252244eb0ae58454ff2e1f3f36d47b7e937368513b03871556e4dcfc8097fe5