Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8eeece40fb65909e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:10:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 328b82771a564ef3332f6d848193cb32 SHA-1: d6c8232e14e4b385d5fe17661bc253ff629d3b47 SHA-256: 8eeece40fb65909e032ef58844a6664f4dca34f56d3a7d31d2e51eaa868b6c0b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, several of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with phishing or malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ef4bce3ef---32231421423.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.rapn.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gesadezuzifun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161348e2257480---getasurojofajexupalugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbbswalkforkids.com/clients/c/cf/cf8d0549bdc9bbdffca8bc0db9808b96/File/gusowamatixovijosuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallabs.fr/userfiles/file/lolatulokonoside.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://short-story.ru/upload/file/wujofagejororojuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albizy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59466542940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champaigncursillo.com/userfiles/file/keseseletaregimididaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g26epoi1eoot9to425j0b5lak2/xudijojujavijode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebre.com/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/lawunomuxalorufarukafigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/if79lcd611rf3bbfitmsfkpki7/fasefizur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a487e5d0766def3e6559d897bf806d4/wixovanulamisafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/93967522728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/41386439141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39708ba50f---33718932193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/nawupewakugunudodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/lenarebaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taeguektour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210620_0409FEB9D3E70162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71cd92975a3a62a6d0cee62a49235832/pejut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saatgaamkansarasamaj.com/admin/uploads/files/resunigiwoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6d368796f---34870092816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exhibitionchannel.com/upload/narofegulinobobopemurow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/xavax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/wudusewujijisumudegik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4g7judshuacs2pacl646es3p1/33707157455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monticellotownship.org/userfiles/file/mulepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/br7q0q70sm33ncp7q007gqpat4/92881326291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exlite.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minebikifojidusuxiwipugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=urban+planning+techniques+pdfPDF 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_off000103ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103EC 19272 bytes
SHA-256: b8d2c3e8cccff79b6f5b16422b13e3dae78db42a0b106b1b1bd85525ed921420
font_01_sfnt_off00013611.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13611 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014e28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E28 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 43c872e33b1f7d2a86c8cd9eead6a8d67b30a642d393a33f4bfd7677ba9c2c9d