Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8afd6171cc2937f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-17 15:23:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 42ded09fb5939c561c78e36980a3618f SHA-1: a802cccd7780183797fb3617fea2b82f742fc73b SHA-256: e8afd6171cc2937f985ba4d316af320d16912044513b44f99b8edf249fa097ec
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and links to compromised websites, indicating an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The presence of a visual download button and the use of link farms on disposable hosting further support a phishing or malware distribution scheme. ClamAV detection confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06c17535d183a40eab2c4a2d7feeccfa/totavepabitu.pdf
    • https://cedria.es/DOCUMENTS/FotosFCKEditor/file/90213541773.pdf
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161338e890f1ee---50534481979.pdf
    • https://groupburuemas2.com/contents/files/29131678830.pdf
    • http://fotofolliasanlazzaro.it/userfiles/files/pafidiwoj.pdf
    • http://hotelbelleepoque.bg/userfiles/file/jinesolewadibelina.pdf
    • http://baheth24cars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nijibapomotu.pdf
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/77101282651.pdf
    • https://b2bircruise.travflex.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/96172197304.pdf
    • http://thehedgerowchronicles.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/navoveluvi.pdf
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kufudinim.pdf
    • https://insinkerator.us/images/uploaded/file/bagaxixoxuzuwivofotakebud.pdf
    • http://dailythang.com/userfiles/files/kisugin.pdf
    • http://simkoongschool.com/uploads/editer/files/30932450356.pdf
    • http://maturitni-ples.eu/UserFiles/File/bavoxujoler.pdf
    • http://magogaralbamoble.com/galeria/files/81080255264.pdf
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e49b93aa9---detupufadasujene.pdf
    • https://phu-komplex.pl/pliki/file/xopapoboligepokazivedit.pdf
    • http://holmeslawfirm-iowa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/24285881620.pdf
    • https://isagrinio.gr/userfiles/xofakoda.pdf
    • http://tasteofruraleurope.eu/upload/File/2873001695.pdf
    • http://theeultimatenetworker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zijaxagipolopuma.pdf
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138590138868---gexabojubivuro.pdf
    • http://acmemask.com/upfiles/editor/files/sawotedeva.pdf
    • http://31kouqiang.com/userfiles/file/1630799236.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=pubg+india+apk+obb
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c270.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC270 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000da82.bin
659a4e41e9250c7056fb3fadf403a1f12393678d841ec1a923f864088c907cd1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA82 17828 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010850.bin
7688dac8c1e0823ad582eba5574ece1b6adb6b1b4ad27c7ce8cafaaab35c94a1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10850 10356 bytes