Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8167db260ee0b78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 06:52:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5d1ee88b5208eea37114f16315718e8c SHA-1: 931b32f7f82c69224aa6356adf1e444cf8387931 SHA-256: e8167db260ee0b78efc22832a69d974745c02a21a01f129cac02f4e35f4b69ff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic firings indicate this PDF is part of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=linehan+dbt+skills+training+manual+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de38d9a93304fb8630ab8596b4657fbb/weviwezosoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuanxuongmonmb.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/83853402427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.520amis.com/upload/files/18301778398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71b2c448612d71f85c385acf0bdcafde/wolowux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://behtarinekhodetbash.com/files/files/jukerabapepubitozusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4e2c58010f---lalapibemopobikewodovupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03c9f1b121f717bfc12c2ee3b5d5a642/tezisip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffcb6862f7d75b677324b6a4c6ac00a4/69824216643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161083ab16b81c---roxadupepudelaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webelievedin1984.com/clients/6/67/676624d6593aa512bfa6e10e765af00e/File/92186979858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9lgg1g9e1dhvqhv3pipuhbfe03/ganizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///dimuwera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the100voicesofgospel.de/fichiers/newsletter/file/wisixik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45219402340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab09652856b---rorelegun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eskuvotoszkanaban.hu/editor_up/lowiwisakimutenatijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bristolvietnam.com/upload/ck/files/41167709015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pescepiana.eu/userfiles/files/ponojevikukofolupufon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopcode.ru/uploads/file/jopusevipijimiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f62a43010c2---dezijoworuris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb119d00cc6---dejuxavetorixewanuzerikap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78a470e4bb80c8d85d3559884f5f06aa/79041702523.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_off0000be08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE08 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d61f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD61F 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 7e0f80dabb5751a0ed0f2000cc01363aba6d6c284bb99a31c62993cb9c5cce9d
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF59 15664 bytes
SHA-256: 1290a8cb8c08372afb048809d6737a286fc2f763b24054850f34ab8adf3e2952