Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8a63ea9581f0898…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 11:00:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3b97d30a1d819e6eab31023cfc946dbf SHA-1: 2c3a710e17570ccb7e29992708375a5704a0da00 SHA-256: e8a63ea9581f089859d8d01f724422438e8d9f2a8f95b32f1b616ecba288a597
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this malicious intent. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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.
  • 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://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/003254513cd1551a6da2a38f3048409e/lovosufebagivab.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://okud-istra.hr/userfiles/file/sagesapipibezirupud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbd2ee325a6228894715efcf69efe6bf/pinipel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a08c8a7a94c---66550358265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8tvqal1kfgfrg4teko2tl2k326/xegupifokuwejodamesejom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tourpon.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210614_D035BDE31FB516CA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f4b558dfc26d56834074e9c55935e62/49765939675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c388303abb6---71318339832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.comarticle_ressources/file/51535700051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864ea30934b---gefeseminibux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988dad41bb4---94156596170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071aa0dc1424---zobajiwupowinumuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sth58f1s99rc31d35nl7i1v5mo/6019256615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/repavenarepowiruburavimer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/92716533796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dab2f561667f3d166cc104161889aec6/zanopaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uhr7jrn42pn29fvoio9g087non/gumonogovep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/99768236241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a837236591f---54332594603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ec67bac1707ff78c5a3f4e3f352a0ed/98023139215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happinessgown.com/upload/users/files/bozorawufefapimotegedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/81514460564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093de010dddb---53846710657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clc-engineering.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/gubegedemajuboxomipoluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=continence+assessment+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://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_off0000d87b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD87B 19672 bytes
SHA-256: 25bc81f33249a6c84101ca5355a40fe75402219f5ebfb13120a05854b623e095
font_01_sfnt_off00010b42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B42 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012359.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12359 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 7f98a6dea93c2e7ff1375eea4b023f836a1280b18649565665801d98a0672cfc