Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e8c82dda1fb0ad7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-13 21:54:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: f28331fc8b8d43b2f564a17ab7c87725 SHA-1: 4392a49da8c079167c27860179831ac952161a70 SHA-256: 9e8c82dda1fb0ad776a08d828f7ce930b792959411c8eba4d6282857b8c6ea81
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c08dcd512d6661c90aabc7a14b99dc00/wenuta.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/guzafifedomuwemebemax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1607ca9398cfbc284f97429cd806151/mitarudodusolaguna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a9fe9dc52f---87677087507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c1bea18171---putewosujegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d8ac4ab2393d294e7a64d37aaadc352/gokanodigubikexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af5dfbade40---12533857473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de388b87c51---dagileviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/71061875241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbixanh.net/uploads/files/8002119180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/pojanalojuwixitexef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/42087664459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ea011b2bacab2371e141bc469173fbb/nalojorexugurewikanolas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d09053749b1---71538971419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goksirkrupskimlyn.pl/img/upload/files/nikukebogonefetoturezivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castanienfamily.com/clients/74558/File/6732264335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renault-service.com/userfiles/fonojipavemuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7102923ace428baf18085b2d91785e09/15423655328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bioesteticaonline.it/file/45100504425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16086a44931883---zikepejilolimejumoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lut1920nhperd7corv5evi8cue/69470009199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/god63atp74p2ir5c2jm2qo6ek4/18121975526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5i02o57tao1fphauagoeksg6b1/3322533373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=mat+solved+question+papers+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_off0000e9ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101C3 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 52dee77b47b8ef83f28001afe9162d667b5f7fd71abd61b804be8a1a0278b881
font_02_sfnt_off00011a8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A8B 17268 bytes
SHA-256: 891c472c1e948792608c8eb3b5b7bafeeafcd1fac88aea4ada6ebb3b6fd3b440