Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8db484af9988f98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:52:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c82e1e17dd1c2033c2c64f25ad60d0f7 SHA-1: 502f616c240d62abe830844f1cf54e43f62fe3c3 SHA-256: e8db484af9988f9877bdb45801923b61b16ff6cc4cb123656edad95aa7dcd5b8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to lure users to external malicious resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=personification+literary+definition+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c431731ec63689bdf622f5224d39f94/jatuwuxowivamemasafut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e842dde25db---vatodozudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/784ec36116611517f93bf4bb95050784/mefog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/79652698006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reazfarah.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15811816857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finances-canada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3164a0c71008712798f4397fef6a8ef/32820220034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee775ec660---52300554458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/xuxobumofubopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097e154a750a---ludazepotugasigunase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a0f9514ca9---3496388294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orangcar.com/app/webroot/upload/files/27556469612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rozgarnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/babuxeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a371c8bc7bf---6163112544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjaimama.com/data/upload/2021/05/file/202105112143063127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/22400670361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9fc636fc3129b1faffccef85f21ad7c/nenokiliwopap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5764bfcd1---17630909682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/firirumiwami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrastone.com/userfiles/files/zixebavevojeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starrsgazette.com/admin/images/file/1264990820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seteo-dechets.com/images/file/zenirosaxekovunebigut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amongelite.com/ci/userfiles/files/fonelarijila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/kidajekemaxabenawonaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8jautkvp84p3cs8a07pd3bber0/benatutasaxewuvesopufize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/42243635958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/kizajanovenuzuwaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091bcae75cc2---22769028657.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_off0000ed8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED8D 18428 bytes
SHA-256: 320573389a6562fb62b8c68a7bff835c9eaa625c9d4e8b4d82ef168bc3f79c09
font_01_sfnt_off00011d1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D1F 10728 bytes
SHA-256: f87b7ca21666fba1c6179195e712713a559eee84e58d5f1912fed8b9c4f474ca
font_02_sfnt_off000135f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1