Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8787d0acd77cd3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 09:44:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 774cf4e8a59b73947c087a01cb5e00b3 SHA-1: 66cf97e119317cb3fa8c7994120a3faefe3982b7 SHA-256: e8787d0acd77cd3cbbe4d2f8cfe55104577540dd0e43b9ba382f6136784d39b9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports this. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a malicious PDF designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://zhodnoceni-penez.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/nemajofarakezagatuseko.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/92672128833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verduciautodemolizioni.it/userfiles/file/75143010966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607570d7cbfd1---lagimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dynamic1984.com/user_file/file/89054786586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bindashnews.com/userfiles/file/25700367798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7b169e29ca---monixadavelagubifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/15502953910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/fuzavegijunovinitabana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072516753eda---6784109048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb37f866a0---87890568297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777a5976d80---muwogifanunosefebuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/66731157848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adf1a2485d9---jisagovupeximeruso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a320a913d73---karenevudodadusevafokeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/49543440246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/23161954598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traktorpulling.de/ablage/userfiles/files/92691925689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c825052efc---mafudunugaxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bc2bf1c59098cdd20c50453546d1625/japibuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/tunomid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d24b108cd---37856996757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01a408d952cd159f71395a23ac61bebb/foxosabafuvudumokobafasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skvely-kup.cz/files/file/81784332055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=personality+traits+in+spanish+listPDF 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_off0000f2f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2F0 17824 bytes
SHA-256: 92d523a1b745512011be924e1d2173a74497d99d230f6d5367a7062e64150b6a
font_01_sfnt_off00012103.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12103 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001391a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1391A 10464 bytes
SHA-256: cf67a81150350725b1d94517d696886a6b6b26a7d7688ee790b2606f0f73f81c