Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8a3def16594d1c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-07-06 03:19:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 572b04fc8d7f8665d83b2eb377955304 SHA-1: 738d81ffaa2326e7b42efd3f2fe88b212bd58a57 SHA-256: e8a3def16594d1c065fb31c9417ecaa8803e5456ea6353521cc1303e78342964
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. These elements suggest the PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content, likely serving as a lure for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=paper+wishes+promo+code PDF link annotation
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607899141fa62---xaterubunukul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kopari.hu/files/file/napopurinifavipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/85589735941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070956a9c576---72107983711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbf70976738ae3b7afed295b3ee27e4d/85677404326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nmnbc34i8vhsp237aqag3fsff4/vodevorami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b38fd5bc8---beluzonemigiviredimodivim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-insurance-broker.de/downloads/21377680328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/wepokevepujaluwave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kgaaq7d69jaj9a5ir44uprddv4/xafukibuputogiromimadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourceokaloosawalton.com/files/public/12599510267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/becd09c19afa4a3828460f841e2d24fc/47814062065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/jezamal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2eb635441---girupogevigepibabumemit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dc5e91777ae8dd474a8d162db00a636/94986816222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o1o0itlrb8eojsnvm3sqkbr8bh/9709266050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7085d9854fdfc59b9bb3efe69be03953/52945499053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ae91b1fa7ce3529cb542ba040249e3a/wesovukesakuxasowake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sintellect.ru/Repository/file/basezoredif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faprosid.com/file/92053436052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chistogood.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22848369854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083712ca57a9---19285061113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/nevesozizakubitib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/95931069473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1f182f260---46583180033.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_off0000c9ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9AC 17332 bytes
SHA-256: 9b9841d22867c9cc0814bdc326f1c537c9fb9acb2ed3262171f0a0b129a5929a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ee5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE5 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 75407cb664a4e447cac2b8f45fdd2f605f46aee6274dabeeba3d6ed5363ccb34