Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ee57ff7d7e2e6e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 21:52:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 197e5794ed9b1c3a58088ad5a4b4a8a1 SHA-1: ecc4f6eea543cee60dd43b71acb6b126599e0ea1 SHA-256: 8ee57ff7d7e2e6e816bf6b68481dd4ec3e66c536b5a5088115aa2e6464207556
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a malicious workflow designed to obscure the ultimate destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613947c2afea8---89780869564.pdf
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80493143073.pdf
    • http://aibasavar.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jalabokuxotavekimaludedu.pdf
    • http://vivaldiskibus.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_AD2C58415C0D5D67.pdf
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/35050250893.pdf
    • https://wita.lt/images/files/sisekabaretafoxufopak.pdf
    • http://anais.terminarz.online/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/77214839184.pdf
    • http://villabrown.it/userfiles/files/saduzimizetu.pdf
    • http://express-service-auto.fr/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92182827593.pdf
    • http://hvpeds.com/upload/contents/file/27609983550.pdf
    • https://xn--pssa17sw71b.tw/upimages/files/22988636955.pdf
    • http://vngo-cc.vn/cooker/public/files/welekemob.pdf
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdf284247ba6d5f7096fad363d23f640/sevut.pdf
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f23dacf466---44326219664.pdf
    • http://mariekevanvlierden.nl/survey/userfiles/files/17073447169.pdf
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f1c175675d---65266632339.pdf
    • http://fonnepal.org/userfiles/file/meseji.pdf
    • http://tech-sub.com/userfiles/file/32525055689.pdf
    • http://szyoujin.com/UploadFile/file/20210912142530499.pdf
    • http://abaj.cz/UserFiles/File/44063646896.pdf
    • http://dieukhactransam.com/uploads/files/24477275113.pdf
    • http://www.vinoplaza.nl/img/upload/files/64499215245.pdf
    • https://trickapotisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6946389850.pdf
    • https://posaonakosovu.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94644154996.pdf
    • http://seksdagen.nl/userfiles/file/bavidofupizefemotab.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=windows+8+pro+n+activation+key
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dc3e.bin
faf8f0197691453d00bed2bd6f8c0bb39c5e54b62ee097c1c80656e96d2b8df5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC3E 18212 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010b9b.bin
b00dae07f3e2b9b66ed575fbff65c6d0443ec3306757a7f581e2d9cbafeb579d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B9B 11020 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012578.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12578 16792 bytes