Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8124a0899e15f7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:00:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 15600a2e49a80b175573531ce1d4fca2 SHA-1: abdc5140de1f61abda6baf19b9a1288d866ebb6a SHA-256: e8124a0899e15f7c2bf505e2dc330fa8ec0a7a61406f9df8cc6bd896c665d807
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=future+if+clause PDF link annotation
    • http://elijahlaurabishopblack.com/clients/b/be/bed082b287f5bb70db4763ab929fc18a/File/6008459054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0aeotlvnfgsv0bbnf32869nsh1/vugiwulozokazoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinepravenconsultant.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/vaxulip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolavalerio.it/userfiles/files/72560917073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/renos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chuaphucluong.com/uploads/image/files/73980458645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fef5fe83eb7---30579198170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lensprovn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaserupatotok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b243de377---ruxewusolas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832767899b7---koxapuzipiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khamtribacninh.com/images/files/47441024354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aordonez.com/images/contenidos/files/jugupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e72a4dea9b---54953429614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df0e8f23b6b2e9443e30ff1193afe089/jiwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sibirprokat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moriripow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pofexejorawazibefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a00e3c0a341---tevelof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/827fc532a6a31ef2d991ea38c779a67f/50372749207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fee4b1ea65c06a9071e25e388deb0c2/lawuzojawojolosoloduju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ff8ede1147---56697349913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okazionche.com/files/34277658483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elstar.ru/uploads/files/fitopilab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740326c8821---jetezifinat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa65d3d302---30086150732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siltherm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4060271051.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_off0000d9a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9A3 18700 bytes
SHA-256: 480f70c8081ee0870caee9590342da1ac8a1bfb4324c969e3240e8e4f4e57fba
font_01_sfnt_off000109a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A0 10180 bytes
SHA-256: 56c30390f016769dd3df1bc4962e22f90e83af840692f9e0b0825080c0cf1c31
font_02_sfnt_off00012090.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12090 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1