Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ed31f289c71530a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 12:51:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 33a63b9323de2d4cd3cb94932168bee7 SHA-1: 7d038f9e354ed213c11d08486b510f8bd995afb9 SHA-256: 8ed31f289c71530a5aa00fea612375f8976a47ed155df6486e41465640232e56
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to act as a lure, directing users to potentially malicious content hosted on various domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d17e869266576282395823ef9374c760/rosiruvuxew.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9032add5c4351e0afc03df443c4a1258/jatudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salubrismd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd4e4a013ae765ff8cbd0489d277ee85/nojizitamoregon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f5eb7daf7---togivigoguve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/vebopot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzstock.com/Upfiles/file/16964959568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusen-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/fomomulivosupazakoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beulahcooleycollection.com/clients/870349/File/46705421833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/agpnr7da44jii5keetqujmehjm/28089028848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/14392028393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fae745c752e---turebofebodisemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ilm7ar9h6cb0ht0j1h567r6b0eu3d5r/86791738461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706f1b05cf3---dixofov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1e454495a85aa0542f89d6e75c3c833/puvipaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontlinetherapist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53dbd177cfaf3a5558534759a16ae59b/xixar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5664ac66d31c85eeacd7315207da1f4/borofejegizinowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/walijedodikusufofiritibop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://takeacode.eu/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/sedule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v0k8dctfm8127udtnft1igb0i4/71695748616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dde9c06257---61496560011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parilka.by/var/upload/file/komulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=firma+digital+pdf+foxit+readerPDF 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_off0000ce47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE47 10648 bytes
SHA-256: df6e0dcc8d1a997cc3ca95644edacd1bbe54b9bbf5fe7fd3ae0de0d5cbf289fa
font_01_sfnt_off0000e66f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE66F 17716 bytes
SHA-256: aa969658976f3e6f70aaaa7af7b7034785a395895dd5c85068c052208b548794
font_02_sfnt_off0001147d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1147D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1