Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8059a04620e1fcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-05 20:51:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: de2622b5534c2ffdaaacde06815a9249 SHA-1: 5be9856ce86211b35df8d1201a195cefd891ff23 SHA-256: e8059a04620e1fcb1a7832f25e979cface1e2c4c01604ba9986fceb54ce84a0c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to compromised websites, indicating it is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for further actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lymph+nodes+in+mammary+gland PDF link annotation
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99ae548759a876d1bd80e8a35aecb536/31362155084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17dd2fd2cdea4c7ccf713c50d64a57b3/vitaganofaxumowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/827f4c8626d8bd15ba144d76e9e19e06/36540336570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69263177700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/dobokudujojoxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083440f24629---bonowinateluxiruxekanef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--p3t29jo1ed4o4xw.tw/upload/files/31050438073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d9d2566bf---sanaket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/buhr9v518ubgbrhqe107aolpr2/jojudaratazoruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fdefb202c5---39463980869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b80fbe829dd---mogusafutalib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/93255367484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b818da0499376ad765ea4a3fc68fea73/tiziguligetudem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://food-cloud.com/home/food-cloud/www/site//site/data/files/90012695753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b807c1c0a428b155809830b270e4a54/bafezadojepabolamir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lkljh5g0vcdgeggb00lobmisit/10463630044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609904fb6e82b---wowijokapuwepukoruraza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a933c83d8---30325606738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/51379436154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33946b18bc72fd1545cc4f407ca732ac/81933147832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce785b67c6---rinojusemakawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m970b9b76upnevpud1vob01al7/1053813387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831404ac5d9---fisokapizipabaxamazado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariabilancino.it/userfiles/files/mimuwobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1230e90bfb47fff10db242fcc411e934/nebuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079fd8a85c9d---51867856374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j9jllmhepti0coa6srl4aiq1qo/33828460685.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_off0000ee68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE68 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001067a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1067A 16688 bytes
SHA-256: ce7578c8cfeb3b4830c53b5d092e39f29938cd5a536663acfe19caad3bfd5f12
font_02_sfnt_off00013206.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13206 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 6df0882a238a5a156a81ed4be7e87c24148c10dfa2ef8cb61973063c6c2a21b8