Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8a190049b0b811a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-06-24 03:19:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 471d6d7bdf4162e8b84a35a216c49490 SHA-1: 7ac65b126f3c591c3ba3575a4e61fd25c0302b1c SHA-256: e8a190049b0b811ab80c869c0c63abb9667e30e60db99c785796296412c9fcdf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users to external, potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://happyhanool.com/ckupload/files/4666853096.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e13bcd07c---wikopowomoxuzamal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/sotefumaloxusomabesef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608901bb116ea---rojugiwaxisadotujobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6de5c9bc2---pamaletotemisaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87df6853b8---88488987281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mujuerp.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/20210605224807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc2cfa1e67---wisus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/shibsmj5feckh509n2mqofn2l1/36675108914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a60b7b3bbc4---xikebovuxikakonolajor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/wumaman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/ronedajomodud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/61468631559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3dd5ce7c4f---tolikawenakivig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7b6e81e58---kurok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a905bf75a9b---gawawututujuxuful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=11th+ssc+english+textbook+pdfPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010ef5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EF5 5340 bytes
SHA-256: b6c6298d067f5abfb207f406ed3ebf4df263ab809e50ee3c2662a7a6cebbccf1
font_01_sfnt_off00012126.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12126 12132 bytes
SHA-256: f8fb6164575d973c9382136623d7f2d484b8e93c995b9488552610b78d1408db