Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ed00ea8e51014b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-07-08 12:20:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 11ef6faa901b4d679c40ae5c57515f71 SHA-1: 390787693b15fb62db1318df0f60c1a28ec9e019 SHA-256: 8ed00ea8e51014b04732be3b61c044f565d77314ec2ce3f80eeee255915ba563
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to redirect users to further malicious sites or download additional payloads. The overall structure indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ffb3a186ad---31209935103.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://larrysiegellaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/65828703324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionklara.cz/userfiles/file/43389465484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ce4745411a8b937ddfc9d99178926c9/pavonirofeborawaxogev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42dd9e902c8329820531ef1b02603403/90540065356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a57c8d74df9a5f796fe09feb134fe97/dataledewodenogav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adreshosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/79481050837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slhs1958.com/clients/18590/File/vajoluzekokolevulapowokin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03141126c6ff1b0f2c912b9c257e427a/25512537574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/misudazeguzeduker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dashoernerboot.de/userfiles/batukibalikufepozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/283f1dc02cb97bbcff069e08fde53e25/nomoretiwafomofinidiges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/vewiwesitiwegikikofigetus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iece.in/userfiles/file/64213955163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelsafeway.com/userfiles/file/77944269613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apricomm.com/userData/board/file/vuzexibegil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/88649126740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b14be0102---48235495435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://et-auditing.com/userfiles/files/kujepigolipekakowebijak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8jj9kfefikm0c4inli9vo22dsh/getuvaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080abb8c024a---fitekox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://combrooncom.com/contents//files/duvixisosixoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c539bd4fd---69807938964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6821ebe2a9---43008327402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rofakafafesonasiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=dog+panting+after+eating+chocolatePDF 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_off0000f85b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF85B 16844 bytes
SHA-256: 190fd3903077d6bd3a04959fa391ccccbcacab80da62d02d8486f0802792c3ba
font_01_sfnt_off000123d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123D7 10592 bytes
SHA-256: cbe0021b96c9eddda5854db94c6d7271b19ce12793381d26e58b9ec76c83940d
font_02_sfnt_off00013bfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BFB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1