Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ed1b808111b2c7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 11:30:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 955032a1b17b9dd170a97b1e8838ba2d SHA-1: 8416622a39b22d1ebbb6cad26603e5b648b1355e SHA-256: 8ed1b808111b2c7f5ad309e82e9424644ea8c49f5708abd8ac8f20c2762ff603
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for distributing further payloads or conducting phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://vcvscr.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/49693297857.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c43a5114a0f---laxefisemipovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/60188844599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttmplus.com/userfiles/files/raviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f6337ff6b---jotivaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab7d6bb41a---90789592462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tragiaocolamsapa.com/userfiles/image/file/fawos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/topobipugexanapevexula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076bbb08168f---2090035587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sg9kqm70skjvjhmjd8g6ug76ai/xuguputubexisugeremofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa4b516250007945637474ea10d3891a/98625090068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/dovotowogul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://club-sports.net/uploads/products/files/turidezupedusogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bwc.lt/i/56139180758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harissarantis.com/userfiles/files/51955673151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/risaxoxixoleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnp-studio.com/fckeditorfiles/file/68689689125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toflight.mobi/attachment/ckeditor/files/5a117464bebbfffaf0fbbe271272f009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0edffe7ef622fc8240bdff02f3941595/90005522212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosquash.by/data/58837610272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honmamon-s.com/img_seminar/userfiles//file/70616375606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c54760e255fdb4d2222efe21ce8100d5/tojal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/95645791084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27cced889d4e3767f6763874f976f3a5/14171315134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=earth+atmosphere+timeline+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_off0000e76c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE76C 19208 bytes
SHA-256: ec59d94a83bd128ae6330c185f458a7cb90f8565653c45fb4bfeb4c5b6da3fe6
font_01_sfnt_off000119be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000131d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131D5 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 1e978a188aa8f4f32e3fdfcbfcff52c1ad45e5f91175f57741ac37bcc883c4f6