Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0eefb326c069e731…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-10-14 06:44:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 4e63ddef9983de98b4a077ef608483cd SHA-1: dcdfa2d844dfbb5c0b72270c8898266087d6c26f SHA-256: 0eefb326c069e731648e023e2d7917b66f80e6a8e0092d9b7887b180753a4c8a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting. This indicates a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content, likely other PDFs or executables. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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.
  • 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 http://nemeckystrakac.sk/editor_uploads/files/58161466902.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jodhpurheritagewalk.com/images/file/lubewito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148c10ba3ff2---mekasizese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxbotanika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xekaxisotow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/16969751911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manegedebuitenwijck.nl/uploads/file/20097476337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/sorumikosidonisefof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/54864257452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astorandblack.net/emailer/userfiles/file/fevovixomavopigasukegaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-grafik.de/userfiles/file/bigorufavosage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdf698af60cd1a47435f2eb6c52f3b65/fudoxavutepevutagigivanar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopgraeagle.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/rofigula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalmicrofinancesummit.org/userfiles/files/76115402508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrecchina.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/siwamexopajiwubanabugotuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artepcb.com/upload/files/69251434238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/79006789666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modaxch.com/userfiles/files/bidate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archi-m.ru/userfiles/file/83229230144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diegogenna.it/userfiles/files/31631981446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/57028610498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamaxmotor.cz/data/dokumenty/gazibigelaveletikosim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southerncross-ex.com/images/blog/file/riwapegidugabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.domplit2006.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fufubop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centonze-vini.com/userfiles/files/39090259299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/33715726563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ip14rplq0npq5u0pufacmvqu2k/dogodigujome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/tepomifuridorosamitufifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141a686f256c---tapavubovomugugunujage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/cmwvf4RlXg4/uplcv?utm_term=different+types+of+lime+fruitPDF 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_off0000e659.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE659 19116 bytes
SHA-256: e0e018e3382d638bcef7f3d08b2e5d0bb8ba881654fa353941a913ad731c2186
font_01_sfnt_off000116f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116F8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012f0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F0F 10572 bytes
SHA-256: c9242907f737a07e10296a8067bd0164fedbf77b05fc321d5216bdd010372d99