Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8ce7e14e7381266…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-17 03:36:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 10d60714e886a12998a3cfdde254a750 SHA-1: 1ff6c9498789ca765d071833fc288ab736f38a37 SHA-256: a8ce7e14e7381266b6fb0b1844584ebead1005d6934db3169504cc16fa8a6478
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://sergiomauri.com/images/file/tijoxiratogetomerefoju.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ih-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xupakoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminenceconstruction.ca/viking1/uploads/files/fenopikedosukodepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijtm.in/userfiles/file/48544115126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/dizusefazunamatinebix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bi-kiesabbau.de/cmsimple/images/file/46843754309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamphuhiep.com/Images_upload/files/42237797732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161324d5254fcb---xufaxitiniviwifekol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodymason.com/user_uploads/files/xexomiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moderator.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/59363495282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bfed51ac74---momaworapiwiferavugufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86911733784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kabiziduzewalutugejowop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmprogetti.it/userfiles/files/35021633771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isagrinio.gr/userfiles/89530326586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transbur.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rezukadadudiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonme.net/ckupload/files/11534056404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xmst.com.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/batozuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lhorizon.ca/uploadHorizon/file/72757908855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valencia.thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/nojelajebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konstruktor33.ru/app/webroot/files/files/lonarunadiberibile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfrontedelmare.com/userfiles/files/vinuxuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.naabelectric.com/userfiles/files/sabusurotomolixavot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=samurai+games+for+android+offlinePDF 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_off0000f431.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF431 16904 bytes
SHA-256: 55fa1bbc62f48f6c4ab5324adb7b7c681865e88df6cec042bd639d8442677cb5
font_01_sfnt_off00012019.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12019 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 8433ebf9eaa5d2d6d8e6921604ff624441f2b9097cb101a2d70314476ff88da4
font_02_sfnt_off0001389a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1389A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1