Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8781a4f900c55f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:16:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 27b1e76db40285387a1344ed0dff19df SHA-1: 21e09407ee361dcf26cf344d1649209c9ef2f3e7 SHA-256: e8781a4f900c55f1bc607c88059e5cdb612c381099a422147f1ef6be2fdaae09
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of JavaScript indicates an intent to execute code, likely to download further stages or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 http://omg.su/upload/File/1651305373.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://faithleader.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sudajisoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f09dd5523---nujoxupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulaikhatextile.com/userfiles/files/wupezaguzopugajig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b04f5c80690---xiturodazupavekozosiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/63728502073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/kewizekema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taeguektour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210529_DA7EB64C7EBDDAE0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718699eee76---796921038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160702e1d89e8a---rumadobaraxenozivipad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motolargo.pl/userfiles/file/dexofuwelirejemesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizolace.cz/images/file/koguxojene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5024427cd37d4012f0798a192e00872/94761043182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e92b99c0dd46038f6088a53f10d723b/24965287650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2af98796af333af4f1fc25bb6d571911/sanazem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/nugogaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wegofa.com/userfiles/file/85460538917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoracing.hu/userfiles/file/39287820382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5bb5f67ffe38fb6754ba4ef4d1ddb91/sokopelenalinimiwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dissanna.com/temp/fckeditor/file/108723727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/losudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbc3cad5d3d3395611d1c492149cec15/kujafugifetuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahha.az/userfiles/file/529134539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=skye+terrier+poodle+mixPDF 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_off0001037e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1037E 10500 bytes
SHA-256: 14c70ed3a3eeaf8f5cfb56c7249a656372ea83511d79cfbe5cdbe089d655a26e
font_01_sfnt_off00011b6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B6B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001337d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1337D 18792 bytes
SHA-256: 9cd1ebb171316d551512ddfa76591e077db25bac583a6f143accde6acea3f76b