Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8e707134963081c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-07-30 18:53:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 66a7da60060d2f4a9f0522980d4eac2d SHA-1: 233fa896944c7d4dd7f09fc8c36a549ad4359a2c SHA-256: e8e707134963081c9a501e72e897c7b5d9162fe3b82f04a3dc57358523ed77f0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The high number of external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, strongly suggests a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://ctkupavna.ru/upload/file/42841174445.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/75064917365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujiya-la.com/uploads/files/wonekiterivofijarejiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/givj6cagf1c9iae54ut6d2n0i4/29854313048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e60c77b570c---60151738330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078110168699---76763632696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78cd7735586412e6ed83a65ae3a0abab/tebipoborimovefoxesepolax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1d7eb39551---butog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5277e16ccc3673bde0462c959ed1024/xesoxufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transport-vehicules.fr/userfiles/file/21945647836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/fawijobisov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/97256474005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remoteworkerclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3edd4f2ad6669678cd1a91ce2903f86b/wedukovuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c47436e9ac94dac137c682391194563/2920687385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/41901358679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vertracapital.com/uploads/files/87415732790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxethai38.comupload/file/pudob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a7ee54670---vuzimewuragawimuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e18b01dc45---dijusasofomevadoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://micronforgacsolo.hu/UserFiles/file/ruwilupebaguxutoxuwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/piwaxadamegivemet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debseven.net/UserFiles/File/nolawewivojuzevix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mstreatmentadvances.com/userfiles/files/wupubuxowekaxavowonoxavud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83cb4306938cc81bfc1290e640ec0adf/tepakamifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+safe+is+stellar+data+recoveryPDF 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_off0000f365.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF365 10620 bytes
SHA-256: 2b4b79eee62621a7bedc2bcdb8706812849605c0d75ca964f540cfdcd935bdeb
font_01_sfnt_off00010bdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BDD 19416 bytes
SHA-256: a35a9d84954fffe4cc167d92f8a554f3c26e6cacd92178531968e89c90ff669d
font_02_sfnt_off00013da6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1