Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8cc4410b88ceb1b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-10-02 00:44:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: e952657098c5a0ddcd6b792f2cfcee6e SHA-1: 351dce5bf170f68876ca2aa0be5343b4fbd0a14f SHA-256: e8cc4410b88ceb1b2fda277c533e79c2c684746626f617dbdd39ed16b8da49ad
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to PDF files hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The document's structure suggests it's designed to host a link farm, directing users to other malicious PDFs, likely as part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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.
  • 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://clinicaveterinariailmarzocco.it/userfiles/files/67808195403.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336ab22417b---jofejopupiluredizipole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://defi128.phpascal.com/userfiles/files/vabobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maturitni-ples.eu/UserFiles/File/xasukobexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shrlie.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-17/20210917152823742564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luiginoiobbi.com/userfiles/file/47904900592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://derya.afmiletisimajansi.info/resimler/files/rujaxevozubanixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecs4.com/intranet/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36836759198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jecoexports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rexesagimevimukegisamud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clarkfamilybuilders.com/home/clark/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84905111723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e1a68cb5ef---masozijux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosurfest.com/userfiles/files/pidino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ad700c445a---mekaziwifatobukorilutarut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161454ecd54e66---17936854719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungdvm.net/upload/ckfinder/files/51026297300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubilex.com/userfiles/files/62076645182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onestep-tokyo.com/userfiles/file/76771783856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/tipove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.com/userfiles/file/watenafesowano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turdv.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/71217736190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/36083226020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diakmelo.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3611784920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalmediasolutions.ae/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tukage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=granny+xxx+tubePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b69d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB69D 10172 bytes
SHA-256: f3d4f6815cabff458d0ffeb6a66a7b232d6fc6e0faf81d64fc8bacebe5681c6c
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD8E 17172 bytes
SHA-256: d965361ccbfbf5f3973e110dfb35ab3dfa3afcb680f3b3b61d93d1857cb164c1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f94a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF94A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1