Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8e90019d2adaa5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-07-26 00:38:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ab8319b98c20a2d674afc2399ba282b6 SHA-1: 1c7263fc6708a12f40368d68b17b4d7d74af0041 SHA-256: e8e90019d2adaa5e20253d0ee3ee1a55877ce00d64986329ae904faf27619b02
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://nbcmedia.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nifawaroniluta.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://szaniterplaza.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62154214989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0rg4e7nu695duuabm7b438ei76/mebeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731136eca8b---morikukaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073963d36993---7654444493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e4a1d0389f28d39b261435610f3b8db/79912286399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ecf5fd4339---12514649325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/76194170511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ff343e8c9---2838361309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsclassof1959.com/clients/a/a7/a7a82b2a6025f7fafce5d77be70bf845/File/36222635326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9ea7ee86b1d1941f1af8cd4061a9843/59044753450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e971131ca84c0365aa27df2e874cb73/pagakozopapejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ymmicro.com/files/files/jaboraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesurmakina.com/userfiles/file/dibelamuwidej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cre24k6mvgncm55eat0lhcibv/3982995074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puntolinea.org/userfiles/files/78956958630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607395bc5f10d---pitojaraduwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mut-zur-veraenderung-hambuch.de/userfiles/file/81784778170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2dbd6c0de0---migejomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budohurtsa.pl/userfiles/file/77440185595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luberoff.com/userfiles/file/teses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2dnbst9m45b9nberv4msh8cp5/jakiboxexutatimop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=imagenomic+noiseware+professional+64+bitPDF 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_off0000d6a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6A3 20236 bytes
SHA-256: 510bafe4fa0807a01e8349ab06fdd4ba976d299a2a463386007ff2cb269b98fe
font_01_sfnt_off00010a33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A33 11244 bytes
SHA-256: 9f3703245327d6ecd3ea1c0ab58f6b7602f653ea0583ec2a4e5b8e347c2869c0
font_02_sfnt_off0001246f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1246F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1