Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8a25f99c5b51849…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.1 KB Created: 2021-07-15 23:30:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e35c6079524d166c9a6715bd738e13c3 SHA-1: 5f3b29a78aad05ece672d450bca2a5aab99c80d6 SHA-256: e8a25f99c5b5184970cddf2ba0fe46b09ade72e82ead0ac46af3691ffebc0898
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to download files from compromised websites, likely to deliver a secondary payload. The presence of multiple external URIs and compromised CMS upload links reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=adjective+adverb+and+noun+clauses+worksheet+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093803a9f826---mezivalotob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f42b2d6f7ed65ec7845e4587c6c9197d/kebir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/20700140702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrorevisionimonregalese.it/file/93130911445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccdd0479885---57682369958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d45e0491d---wowizezuvekajegumafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607921529a1ec---18430752923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lt101shop.com/userfiles/files/35947123969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ac-kenigsberg.ru/files/file/dimak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f655e98d4c---bumolukewipenasuvutizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgpropertylawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bba052af9fd80c696ca31b912a50304/78929319345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41472f53fa08a4a55591a5f432560ab9/vijexusajusepuwotujatete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/fatotiwutupufev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078541b7f066---43842953022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/wejakakekiwobesop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c90e5b74b3a---95939194158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7477e8b2a059a9cedd5bea12c4cbe168/49137639900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/750cc8e9bfa1705311dd207b2da3d598/getifojuwunenisipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qlbktr7v5l2luq3hrporh7bh6l/siwupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astek-telem.fr/userfiles/file/fonomoripixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f11462b9f1---gewugidonorozosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6fa70169f0226e36c457f45d28d20fd/mowolirepalowagijipukawu.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_off00010e7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E7D 11312 bytes
SHA-256: e21ba99b86a548414b305f7b2e8026a0860525ce8c9c80f4fbf705da9b54d563
font_01_sfnt_off000128d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128D4 19064 bytes
SHA-256: 0f53c909e6b98f5d48a1d397278583ea02e7a3b075e44acb654c240a3ec48f19
font_02_sfnt_off00015b0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B0B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1