Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8e256d87ad46be7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 01:47:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 90b79fc35a508729081220d4747fe0af SHA-1: e24827d82f63dde201211ab163399b0833cae216 SHA-256: f8e256d87ad46be75a448ce669abf42b9e1275697577a020996492589dcb7725
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. Several heuristics indicate the document is part of a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23b3dd727fc68fb88a9b3626e9e24ef4/ramilezoximezi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094583cd5686---50617881703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfcd2cb0b8b---92064564922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collegium-connect.nl/ckupload/files/99806715279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a44fa86fe---72712674671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92610215075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dildendilecevirievi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/fafawisafulew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otelm4b.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zipajoduzinetivejakax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/67500019540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d26df06504d---lopimewuzusoleriloxelibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///32640746986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sg9t8b4gdlg4ngkoktk0fhffj6/2962558710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19f705c434729a044a75792793704cf7/putepabukokuluxabepazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f327c575830---78062598018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dvdlqh6pls56dr3r7bni24ghbt/25336536817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/kiwisedimexum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nic-irq.com/userfiles/files/17673209582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bernendorf.ru/userfiles/file/99862766358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edbcf6bca21---sufirogizojoxawowexal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://komputerzagrosze.pl/userfiles/file/6581997290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1akwe.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/rosixowegutuwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s8j093onleeolt8016qg369o5h/wajinekosalugelavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-moonlight.com/CKEdit/upload/files/vojepas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9i1b14lwsg1seumdzsx.com/upload/fckeditor/file/4924270890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f7a3e6f5f3e4bde4d6490247c392a04/wisabimuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=mapa+comunidades+autonomas+mudo+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_off0000d4d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ece7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECE7 10728 bytes
SHA-256: a3966b1a18662f6a6080ad8ba0e3ea15f708e8b6c4a2cac79031d1890b14ad7b
font_02_sfnt_off0001058b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1058B 18872 bytes
SHA-256: 8d014d003f040d584f3e9873d1380edb4b7668ad6e520e017e84424609113403