Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8eaf16530b4ba4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-10 20:25:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 266988ee649a46d2e2df52817fd88ce5 SHA-1: afc37663f42dec8f9f0ec5a4b51ad94223145b2c SHA-256: d8eaf16530b4ba4e9bac02adfdf47dea9b8cae6ea5c4769040e44a4e347fe88e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code, likely to redirect the user or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 http://tylincms.com/userfiles/files/54784074328.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://18554080.com/userfiles/file/roxesusetakapipemakefozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613907ed00772---36221761756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucinnovation.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuremi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tri-or.fr/tri-or/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/37542280877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139dbad8ee4e---76093518685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/50295314356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valeaflorilor.ro/img/uploads/file/868471855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suurelepa.ee/data/file/54430877814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wcd.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lugekefojadodoletewobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namratalakhotia.com/userfiles/files/jebesekafovaxuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5lovestartw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/78490268147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuhuonglacquer.com/uploads/news_file/xatuluwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d2be7a3f8775e921e68c59161b89887/54937316216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manualismedicina.hu/fileok/file/75258500226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasleemdubai.com/userfiles/files/tanosuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghinelliarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/84876388144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seatraderhk.com/userfiles/79410394259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westhigienia.hu/editor_up/47236910008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinaia-vik.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/29719124890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haisanquangninh.org/data/dulieu/files/fadisafudewema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47944537164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.utn.ac.cr/sites/default/files/files/kawajudanewifili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+gt+s7500+hard+resetPDF 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_off0000c825.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC825 17864 bytes
SHA-256: 430bc2a1647696a79de1eec221c54a22346784a81c40cfe46cb83a898595077d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ec2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EC2 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 157451fefb4db9c080a3640637215a2e9a38f1f4e0003f69fee156f5192bf2c6