Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8fe73ca8a958f6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:41:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: fdd1173efacf9a518ba41bda0a95fcea SHA-1: 75dff101ebd912b5c23f34cda6199e11bb6743a3 SHA-256: e8fe73ca8a958f6af3bc6e810da88dc25ffd6615f5f40674cf80ad6343b31921
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which host PDF files, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics indicates a deliberate attempt to obscure the final destination and potentially distribute malware or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a965884e200---jipupezeditarebipujesolen.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8h1rrl8523ha82c68jaoam4odb/lurotavezifusawawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb40f8169e5---62332974320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirilmazbardak.com/userfiles/file/mefasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/dotapisotopiditugunusut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henzefashion.com/userfiles/file/xoxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk1.com/uploads/files/jenimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b051c10ad---jazeselazutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vakantie-noordlimburg.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33042250614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dfdtrading.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vorepemuxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otelm4b.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vivoxamufosovuwojowewiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/29306324159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf0c880a4a7---pimudomutojexanovokexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maharajganjtimes.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/renokivojelutaxizerupale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatachau.vn/webroot/img/files/83201787114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fasson.vip/images/editor/files/84661040055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2rv5ccf4jjq3n6uuq6rqk1k5ge/tasapepujari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindseyderence.com/userfiles/files/mugawizevorewafelofulot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscalonline.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/tazegako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.at/upload/legupemosebavugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockfordauburn1966.com/clients/8/85/8549db0cc7d1f63cce07d3be93bd6f3d/File/wakab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6f1f207908srhob43he7ngm01/82274925031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865550dff58---nixevukesaludizeramuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abicecream.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51670677577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=past+simple+and+past+perfect+tense+worksheetPDF 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_off0000da63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA63 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 84707db0fb29141716a7e075d99b04b3483c6d863e178a0030059825a5308d66
font_01_sfnt_off0000f401.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF401 17416 bytes
SHA-256: 2ea41d2794f840100e9fdfd731ff726a3bcd1cfd9d3fb31cd520e6483e246e6f
font_02_sfnt_off0001208c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1208C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1