Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8baa9c79a9ee173…

MALICIOUS

PDF

132.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:01:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ee18ab938bdb4c6b623369eb499d1bfc SHA-1: 7de083de47dcf43c7fb02a40844f619412ad4a9c SHA-256: e8baa9c79a9ee17382755c26aab42b1e261b658123bb6b80130151b21ccc2f8c
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, which are designed to host phishing content or further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9967

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=saturnales+macrobio+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6apolh1ghn4m9cggajg57edb70/36169513839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkojicin.cz/userfiles/file/setixeravipowagut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banhangcongnghe.com/upload/FCK/file/tixowixabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4b36c6feadf894ad48eec06c314002c/lakijugaroboxoxasow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seerupit.dk/assens/file/bokuzopapekegap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecompletecontact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31209763133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/80843730859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qpf6fvcdpmcbi74a64gk0lod1i/97473318458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pelesiuvalymas.lt/i/File/54193383287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wizusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868c900a624---jedovude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/56061684370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itssilvertime.com/clients/2/24/24efe347a73a8ce028152bf895bc11a7/File/lunasixavugobukokatim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e30760c92---88159976442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610785a6e12ab---91567261294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evrofurnitura.by/elax-furnitura.ru/uploads/files/vidimulibubefape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eff2dd3720c---88818638610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a13b0e51ee---34494627436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160faacc3998df---kinaxoweravu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuongdonggolf.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/31960909221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulceoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/rujuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkeytailranchdonation.org/clients/e/e8/e82116dd0b5861b0917add2a69208af2/File/67965624525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.ph/app/webroot/img/files/35080697628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a1b1acc89432f764a29734503589bad/tixisejidokap.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_off00019d02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19D02 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001b519.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B519 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 96bf77d412ab1c0f5433057f00bf32d23ff92efbf2a3b7714f6f41ca0b2f9540
font_02_sfnt_off0001ceb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CEB0 21068 bytes
SHA-256: 00699cb6a3623e595318f3f040f5131f618f8995645c54de8f318fbac83832cd