Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8b0bf59339e5900…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-12 06:06:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4d9e699ba89293b78e8106f3f8a5c53b SHA-1: 62119a54b36884986db5893a3fab15c868778438 SHA-256: e8b0bf59339e590013161a371cd3ceab0f5349f28284683932527b325bb6dca2
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 are structured as link farms on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://wxdyzs.com/userfiles/files/52237774878.pdf
    • http://tuivaivietnam.com/uploads/files/rutotekitavebujigize.pdf
    • http://xn--hazrdner-r4a10d.com/alisveris/yollanan_resimler/file/67341204402.pdf
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f3015075cf7aab946414a2c7e8a720c/domepaxilofati.pdf
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021090906224148.pdf
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba0abe4c25---sufigerefo.pdf
    • http://lonerangerfanclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nezofanafefowomod.pdf
    • http://pass38.com/images/contentimages/files/57261341486.pdf
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c271f06513a56c73da992e6f8c2fc08c/pugowulen.pdf
    • http://dentistturkey.com/image/files/45607946228.pdf
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131e25ebf07b---35174124856.pdf
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50878395933.pdf
    • https://leifs-auto.dk/images/file/56565961905.pdf
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/68791803963.pdf
    • https://hijaustabilo.com/contents/files/59551548192.pdf
    • https://vjlabor.pitscovn.com/uploads/Upload/files/79322252095.pdf
    • https://at-studio.tw/app/webroot/userfiles/files/20210906_200504.pdf
    • http://danangsculpture.com/uploads/image/files/pexevuxesenibabamazow.pdf
    • https://securitydm.rs/slicice/file/kutakumedikazegenu.pdf
    • https://autoprofi.ua/userfiles/file/14100468243.pdf
    • http://luligang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96205635178.pdf
    • https://asthasupermarket.com/userfiles/file/fiburutejin.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+most+populous+nation
    • 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_off0000d708.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD708 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef1f.bin
0a733359c5bce62a271ce6877cb155b9c83efd5870cbdcf7e573bfcb9683d164
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF1F 10508 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000106df.bin
f7b529b862f99cef6a97916fc6fcb40203edb828193f13a7dcac0ab92ec47b1b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106DF 16464 bytes