Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8ef20de238e71dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:51:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c28b49f0dd3beb2dbde5871c2bbb2ad7 SHA-1: 53f90b4fd6afb1e320e1732a0077afcd1bf33b13 SHA-256: e8ef20de238e71dc7445bb87591c6647a01aa5a2ee3db12504f1ec5f0d5a040a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. These elements suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites or download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

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.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sudoku+free+download+for+pc+windows+7 PDF link annotation
    • http://satakantaresort.com/user_img/files/6454498197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoorichi.com/temp/fckeditor/file/xixoduvun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibrahimabuomira.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14541718193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/58227366550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc04c74296---dafadilefilefuwatajulol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c7c7e33a5---74278065332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f3784397b---zizafajumexus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krossi.ru/images/content/files/62893223198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capital-publishing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85719543301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metnar.pl/web/uploads/files/17775999055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samuiluxurytravel.com/Uploads/file/97477710361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lmk2dph5mrdgdm7t7ni5744an9/47102165916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81d9ed5d5a72126e84e5ec2969812e2d/97207841407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608548aae0cd4---89583755783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungder.com/upload/80273675452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchtextile.com/userfiles/file/dumazewikanojakizij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dobski.pl/userfiles/file/lusoguvabekenelowavomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agpbmdtf.xn--p1ai/upload/file/83886284007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87d6e71233---41236725652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://picassogift.com/Uploadfiles/files/xirowemelida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosadistanciayonline.com/medios//files/57494979036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nedonot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/360slq2h5j1a4m8sibl7dqvtc4/barogikaxomakefavado.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_off0000d86b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD86B 17152 bytes
SHA-256: 2a62b5aef2538c597c02d8738f6131ced38073eea054be12f8a1435046204fa4
font_01_sfnt_off00010449.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10449 10916 bytes
SHA-256: c70b55647d76331e79689f5c2a53ea9f3920695258f4b1517d0c94e7dd0a5676
font_02_sfnt_off00011dd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1