Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8a66a8c8567bd6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-14 22:21:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5abd2d660a1b6552c4625172a0235953 SHA-1: c16ad5921af374fff2f475f1e3b8ed59501c807f SHA-256: e8a66a8c8567bd6dfda55a4247df2b7fdefde008727afa6df95682c443606ceb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis are sufficient to determine the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b035b6f3d4e93d53d79a97a7039baeb6/xavepiza.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nokianhakkablue.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51050111359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-pxl.com/uploads/files/xesepewoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmercury.com/uploads/files/tezopotunivita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaz.sk/editor_uploads/files/43332596755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-pvc.com/upload/files/suwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/obu63nrfpk2a6edo7qepq10hs2/tezokupele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gannat-ltd.com/userfiles/file/guliganabimujijokasuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7166867.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bivobavune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aacb2f11247ed1db931bb6ed3be506cc/temimuligapuvonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/99511680192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116170ee0783---molegir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d970b1857---90069115989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae9e174bae---bilofegofevebolinoganal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c0053226c---tevebadelulawiludezesod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcv-bo.org/data/fcv-bo/userfiles/file/10288380702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.buildingmalawi.com/images/uploaded/documents/23331344965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mahae.hu/files/files/50198635005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paykaaluminiya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/danuniwaloluwunusumusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f119a34e28b272f7b08c1c32924952ca/modiwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/300544348385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5af7d4da6cc8ded156764e5a5e6f2d59/vobederodesiratus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f416a94e64---duvatekupidamukawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+spy+gadgets+at+home+with+cardboardPDF 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_off0000deba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEBA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6D1 11236 bytes
SHA-256: 9a7a22b213652e4b393b0ddfb02e0e7a66b295a4302991aef35b97ada3848cbb
font_02_sfnt_off000110cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110CD 19368 bytes
SHA-256: 01da60c1a52661827f0bc880a5d6c50d790b77d68e72ad86123cb4cd0f9416e6