Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 008eeeb3b4cf0554…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-08-07 00:06:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6ff5f707fc235fc8cfea7278af12bdf7 SHA-1: e2fe1fb1b119385f330258842c86b3d8f1290c1a SHA-256: 008eeeb3b4cf0554488c866b482e3d89b48b76ffe6ac12b8ff94350f1686e146
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for link farms, suggesting an attempt to obscure the true malicious destination. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are used to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=stilton+blue+cheese+nutrition+facts PDF link annotation
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/6358840019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/409abcf297bb0b9d3dd208d89ad76b1b/93478002761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherryontop.pl/upload/fotki/file/70544977450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/resepamidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/59678111307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8307a3ac074e1d4210ddd3281054f966/23414218716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab4e0225c5---5408318738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dreamscapes.ca/dream_scapes/userfiles/files/sewugebizozawipowuvitiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capableapp.com/uploads/files/sajepafisivit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160818e2eb052b---kigob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ty-universe.com/image/files/20210606_151000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/151911371881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhvi.com/upload/files/mikufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nasawaribazibawarul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakaryakasaplarodasi.org/userfiles/file/37617227256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candybeauty.vn/upload/files/debowudurasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3ece897853cf7ab534fac5d9f092f39/90025743778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47dd618710274f0b13c8aad262fb53e8/83301881964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.com/upload/editor/file/kozokupikanijixun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deshpanday.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33466517886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aldlcd4ssi4b7ft25ae10m92gm/denerawaxaxizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfe1f2a3b5a---19986039791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609978a3bfcb4---23241670933.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_off0000e699.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE699 17264 bytes
SHA-256: f806966ae06de33e3de42736411d641f9e188733ce501ec0257180e6f8db81e4
font_01_sfnt_off0001141d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1141D 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 6f0aa47338c37bcc2d3b52bbce00fa7eb5354a21f8c3452a6364c93a6a139544
font_02_sfnt_off00012cbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1