Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8f8c54c5c5b0a2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-23 14:41:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 7d46c06c9a2e6baacbc1b9d53cbfb6b5 SHA-1: ae4d6c572dfd771280092804b0530fbe597437db SHA-256: e8f8c54c5c5b0a2ac6374390f559cee1d1da776c022b8feaf4375742feb1c450
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable or compromised domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+default+apps+in+android PDF link annotation
    • http://lussoleathertiles.com/test4/EDITOR/example/v2/userfiles/file/rafazixeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fishandcosolicitors.com/uploads/files/sejibetesodobijufezile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giant-nano.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/10013435907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamekatus.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/1833374621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/zoxavowozak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibliberia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xerepovejeborezexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptairsupply.com/userfiles/file/dorof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sexualaufklaerung-schule.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12296784843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-lipno.pl/pdrzewiecki/files/xasewowazewazaparodewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iciparis.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lenupoxukofaxirebud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishiosatu.com/contents/files/kizevidevinamaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/lafuverapebavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preiswerte-unterkunft-papenburg.de/mediapool/fivoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143b1a748182---nopudadomejele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quocteanviet.com/img-chamthi/files/60119743385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f69dcbbc4a---27342277408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/papujuvusari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fashiongale.ro/userfiles/files/mefalarek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taeguektour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210903_50F2A73E557665F0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/59128251304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/552dff516ea834cb00009fc4d873b36e/5143169334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pooq-design.com/app/webroot/fckfiles/file/68146834416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvanbeek.nl/mindcms/js/ckf/userfiles/files/kumugakanomifinivisopolof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rutofubanixakelipab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.serge-valentin.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xofarefuxuxaladedinafo.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_off0000df9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF9E 17656 bytes
SHA-256: 224e433873aaf6071ec246ea71edfbde886b6be60330da93356301d350b4f3a0
font_01_sfnt_off00010cd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD3 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 9f829765244fedf2cb9a2380d75d0013983340ba93a2ca60666c0d563ec8d038
font_02_sfnt_off00012667.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12667 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1