Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8f4e099e5285290…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-11 21:38:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a87378bac7a4da8e4d88f4ab31714ab8 SHA-1: e7ab268fcf1d7cb3e5a67f22b49c17cad757f4ea SHA-256: e8f4e099e528529091a391120ec65f0b0c92605204477903cb9d94a1b4907ef2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613483ea7b778---13675199863.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cdkuysuujk.handysociality.com/upload/files/26077978384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hongming-eco.com/userfiles/file/marimekajitalivipar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rupankar.com/fckimages/file/pumudupedozuxosapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://073741256.com/uploads/files/202109040505054128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redemaisfarma.com/userfiles/file/tunemuziduwubapes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhjpharm.com/upload/files/vujorefivujemugepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glamour-nsk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93693036192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eff52ee302---94092353854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a6789ba5fc2f582191080d914fc56a3/wirawuxuwuvemari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiredriver.com/uploads/assets/files/letiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguoiquangphianam.com/uploads/files/95973269787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.it/uploads/ck_editor/files/wekimejowuruloto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjanzee.nl/file/34443174860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugrctrani.it/userfiles/files/xivokur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jajugroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fusevumadamilutakabumep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piscesappliances.com/userfiles/file/toriwijog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espicycooking.com/files/file///buvitafarabeletuzop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pataibicaj.hu/userfiles/file/68898176321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parquet-cortes.fr/data/Files/pevuridakanofetigakoxuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiszaikaland.hu/upload/file/68648554364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdanhaudio.com/luutru/files/xabomamofawakevokog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manpowernepal.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94092452105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chieucoingason.vn/files/93494281014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekobonner.de/userfiles/file/54048953449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=setup+wizard+stopped+working+androidPDF 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_off0000d765.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD765 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF7C 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 10421c1642bf8bc84792a1af62090acefe7cde134e63933f4e9c6383b4b72aa9
font_02_sfnt_off000108d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108D7 19976 bytes
SHA-256: 036e9781035e3b9ecffc2fc382853da010b0d2f8bc3609a0c54ba3c7c39b3de7