Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8d3d53a0fbd497c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 08:37:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1702bc5bdf5f9bf3acc3b0cb4dc859e9 SHA-1: 6e4b0319ccb930e588de4934ce264c63fe50f232 SHA-256: e8d3d53a0fbd497ca567fe6811f6b0d09b075a7d91e9c90ed36649e202e6e0c8
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, employing an image-based design with embedded links to external websites. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, strongly suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=computational+skills+in+mathematics+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/spsif7pbggqmmblfhaf64gsqdb/pipogesetezewupor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36530829944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/midamoxowopun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xirapigokele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160954af65107d---zewuzis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/88243586882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cocoal.com/uploads/file/24429973107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulgreeter.com/userData/board/file/fonud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7528f30b031a919725de10ca12f79111/13577928652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zimmerei-possert.at/77293561798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o6ruin51vtoc752s0ir2t3vd9l/zeveliruxuputadupitov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.cz/files/files/46539908439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c551748050---gavadavitomus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sentezetutmerkezi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wowutikubovivununi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/049f6f25518492ca0020800b38df2ec0/59413980840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609884829424e---59218219268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607123a6c2d86---girekikefuwiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stattus.com/assets/file/gixitezaxuminemiteturinof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedikal-yub.com/uploads/file/31747327095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/dagazeluruzatuvubulam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karate-talence.com/newsite/userfiles/files/67363404488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadmoor79.com/clients/864886/File/1531817162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/nekawutujifevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatnojamstvo.com/userfiles/file/robogeridowowivexepab.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_off0000b0a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0A3 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 1ca41ec39aa2313fe9b3c57b326012a442be41bb54408d78ef18e6bee26c07c3
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA0B 13792 bytes
SHA-256: 459ae65803d573d29dfd7f921e51acde300ba9aa834fe4e5a062336af134060c
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC02 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1