Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8bac38c5b98bbb8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

124.6 KB Created: 2021-10-12 04:35:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-03
MD5: 7868638659d1d305042b824f1e6c5eff SHA-1: 8b2f688e83bff16ddf8c606febe9b2df1346f9e2 SHA-256: e8bac38c5b98bbb8434e30147f95e7bc51b9775ca76c5a5939784bfd0783406b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Multiple URLs point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://leo.tw/upload/ckeditor/files/lezemokapipifusabadoji.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shipagents.nl/uploadfiles/file/metudijuvizipepelusoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoset66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lidakobifagudib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/71637275416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hijoin.hu/editor_up/bewumegopopuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-vostok.ru/userfiles/file/44965683984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinka.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69280117197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fe57590ae2---mijoziveloseze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motivationandmomentum.net/ci/userfiles/files/678066291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signatureshreyas.in/userfiles/file/53190878592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easy-sleep24.de/shop/images/editorfiles/file/vekaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunridgecorp.com/uploads/files/202109090410408426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161469c3a5cfb3---damar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marsanz.pl/uploads/fck/file/82984092596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biharlokmanch.org/userfiles/file/kizop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tebra.si/userfiles/file/puvisixokafefunusuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161639bdc75d1f---sigilusigunuwawefevavam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05513e463bf0b35bf6e878578d2a0b1b/gagixokefadomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indecomavo.pl/userimg/inc/93843514672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161514181ef975---71257249321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/62129952257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/55367229729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagakure.by/upload/editor/files/29914454880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xinpayflow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lopulapijoduxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/6Zflnl449io/uplcv?utm_term=which+of+these+charms+is+the+dancing+feet+jinxPDF link annotation
    • http://crossfit28.com.s125853.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/fuvitaporagokupapotimesa.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_off00017cae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17CAE 21516 bytes
SHA-256: 64ba9a868dd6a4198053a2e76a18ffb6a8b607d63c0c1d0252fc298c1f057429
font_01_sfnt_off0001b2d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B2D8 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 5c56f41ca9e8135a582cce0bf1e8db659d9dacff4b82ba1397359b008f092cfb
font_02_sfnt_off0001cc67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CC67 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1