Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8ede402b63808fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:42:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 62e12a3e9865bf629e08e18e6d07a7ea SHA-1: ebdd062e8a01ce78ee60d782d5ee5c45b16aada5 SHA-256: e8ede402b63808fa1eedaa1dcdd988da69672338708a0eec6368a0d2882af6cd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via a link farm. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sasuzafudakudusowabivupaf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bienbao.org/uploads/files/17219668535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60tbhspsq9tpfrq7s0b9f6vl74/81948741103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084640d27d2f---tisewojaxirodefesidabug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a23f0c78242---30269791516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verdantnorwich.com/clients/3/30/306756bb587dffcd11ca74610d845a16/File/80346741373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coumert.com/images/file/kamubinijizuramofimim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbf6115b0c7---zowapojinalufatijajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsp.by/userfiles/files/lapamovonokolojanudal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/zuxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-7/20210607175756819974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmresidences.com/images/bulk_images/files/91615687350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petikdaun.com/contents//files/88070768835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herfon-machinery.com/images/ckfinder/files/20210826184859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/645304aa0429cf059b0e70afce26c048/40577535655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/images/blog//file/wogapusotogenixajujuxotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e16aeace040b6a9eb2781251d96594d3/rozagurowanilawadenaxuvad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22eb6161ea---13027672029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://51www.org/uploadfile/file/58865ffbf9f682cfb3d82d8e66ca9d13.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/girif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/bosedanudom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd62a03ca5---paveropa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c34c140866d846cf9572fd1bad10fe56/femipaxodaxugufosus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaeb16ca4d5---dumotifile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bearings-home.com/userfiles/file/xateviferesolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b986d9d9610---fazogibaganexezije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+study+design+pdfPDF 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_off0000ea29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA29 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 0a9b60447d0a71b6402382d78468bf8b0ceda727265f25c2faa5d58f90aad3b4
font_01_sfnt_off00010221.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10221 18096 bytes
SHA-256: 8f47a1fe30d9aafe7848c82b83ea3702cc46fd4de72ee3d3af737741c765186a
font_02_sfnt_off00013146.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13146 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1