Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8e3fef3f4f75a29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-08-29 16:10:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ef046e4c6d32381ec377c951a7e97fd0 SHA-1: 3601f6ea13a65269e440221095689921a66a33e3 SHA-256: c8e3fef3f4f75a296225b5a9b410b3bea09d363bb5b7cd150abc2056321af060
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or spam campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=middle+school+lab+report+example PDF link annotation
    • http://topflexsports.com/uploads/xojerawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locthanhroyal.com/upload/files/3476111721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i19b2h1va30hrt44p4g75th2tp/72275895391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0a2f28badb---nozopimudaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bda76caae7bd4a4782668ac67c0540bb/90871267001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d862f02c4d742afba87b7eb01f775573/51771816707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/95440842704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efc4450339dcd3a3e0d269d5c912e6ee/99781262983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rsg633volckfmublgrl4a5tu57/wagejema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ebda8437bb---sugapamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56411821069a5a53d9e0d27e6817faa3/wiwasujikutimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfe4b5c258f7a053ab6fb43da5e4935a/reledinuvinakixik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ebdb851b4a---81493583989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6pv3h39ig5e1kh18l7o97dm034/60486046804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogoducthien.com/uploads/files/zinelakojolajikujig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a919ee95961---38538178266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/988b97946d325a68fb46f9bd3e27fff3/xovafureviwebubaliduwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/motanupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gima.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sopokave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/disujojadodewopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgs-on-track.com/uploads/misc/files/bogevijasiruwunesosataki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0fa44d892a---judibevogufenukefakew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dba4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBA4 18912 bytes
SHA-256: d65a9dc6629a87a08df0a2633543c59bf4dbc209d485064ff76e53c5a3a156a5
font_01_sfnt_off00010cfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CFD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012514.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12514 10912 bytes
SHA-256: ef60bfc430b398ebcce92c973283512491ded6b2953ab17173e2754bd31f9651