Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1eebc37e134cb339…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-08-21 05:06:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4ce493405a6558930bc329c815169b46 SHA-1: 9b76cdb1b5424000de6b80de5d30ea4bc42a28d1 SHA-256: 1eebc37e134cb339f0e9baecbf4ef53b48bcbd6af2ff2395b9da1514c4c4c8c2
172 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 websites or disposable hosting. These links are presented as a link farm, likely intended to trick users into downloading a malicious payload. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://poorclarescork.ie/images/68682997670.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gg9d8l6s67m4ifpv3s7jlevnc0/govigovinofujovex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/35377318906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a309156a3---zuwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7342810024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/077c09b18da9fd7987d3760ebc2a89a0/27858499354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naitikfashions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zowetalad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriboldi.eu/userfiles/files/96706784073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/btdlevkmjpa24m7ibg1v9be7f3/nakurunejidetuzeluzunixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myconnect-thailand.com/image/upload/File/4387271707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedcal-wpbe.com/uploads/file/9505594121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cc3721e6f76b0175977fd44eed43f85/bexosexemoziroxivewas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tele-video.ru/upload/files/minaxewoledamodawaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shs1977reunion.com/clients/41590/File/wezurukizufovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/lufitelumena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/79854271653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21cddbabe0fe76e493789aa64df0414e/20074729417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/97535862216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/jatuxilipibeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khanikango.in/file/figazefivij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hetodon.com/fckeditorfiles/file/10937443904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdes.in/uploads/96598067972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dfe951433eda5866a96d307f321b2bc/donubivawaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5a71646d6301b0709173587f97b168f/33076536624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=sql+server+2008+r2+developer+edition+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000df4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF4B 17392 bytes
SHA-256: b2fae9a5eeede0d2feaf9fb0ddd81dc717898f0fc782d68c2ab4d0666eaec6ca
font_01_sfnt_off00010ce5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CE5 11312 bytes
SHA-256: 1d08f29fa586eb811bc618d12616d744cf1fb6fa2ff12095962dcdbe9aa1070e
font_02_sfnt_off0001277e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1277E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1