Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8b1e0a17e98519c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 10:51:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 5f26c84ca715274de83a43063d541c44 SHA-1: a4ca8497c4bf46c08fef6dd8e218523c4a6b3b2c SHA-256: e8b1e0a17e98519ca0c0dfed86d398ea4d46801b4629f42346dac35a25e3bc6a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fluvial+deposits+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n70teuss5v7gj00l0n4a58am8v/bovakosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pure-chiral.com/upload/files/madosapepugakazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vecsecity.info/editor_up/58042940816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egca.fr/userfiles/file/59415938780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e03a85530ed---nujaromasalalojerupeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthodoxnews.us/file/34380587429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/tosekuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmdfhjl.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/luxikebijumuvivevuxija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.armstrongre.com/files/files/26655863254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7hph6gi5dftoov78cu34cc5h5/katakatej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brianhigbielaw.com/UserFiles/file/buxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://treeoflifetolfu.com/clients/0/07/07f122ebb3396bb3f917f2e62af81596/File/39390521459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boekenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/63138651427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac3625db15---29452404262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b87a6848088---gojalufovav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalbi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lonubarezab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exhibitionchannel.com/upload/15273428537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ogcdc.org/uploads/ck_upload/files/gurexeluxekebig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/tapenefobafiresenugosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/38261940091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmms-online.com/assets/file/zorolututemileveweno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gullyracing.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jadapelapil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cd1776a5d9---xefaxogadovovivegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae9b921cd85---17620858158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/171e68903a5fad14ba4124cc05b057c9/10798202578.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_off0000df00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF00 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f712.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF712 17748 bytes
SHA-256: 9f1d1f800db3a27ba117ce2eb12612c1440cc85a6e58bb35a9ba79d031e2dfd1
font_02_sfnt_off0001255b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1255B 10428 bytes
SHA-256: e9d141fdd611dbaf7db65d29966ae4c84560348744880a275d2912dc287b71a8