Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2eaad3fcb52477de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 20:05:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d8e175a71a31e259ad833c0b71fd50b5 SHA-1: f08b1d6cf1822654becca47b40b102b74ac43405 SHA-256: 2eaad3fcb52477de014194fe8e79915312197289772327e2760ed620d4f35bbb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage existing vulnerabilities. ClamAV and ML classifiers strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ee270c635ae70c192391b74acc36f0f/96089191511.pdf
    • https://www.clinicaepilepsia.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mananimefamo.pdf
    • http://studioesflores.pl/obrazy/file/witijokidetudapaxuxuzel.pdf
    • http://e-sheremet.com/img/jolesilero.pdf
    • https://fajanav.com/aym_image/files/85944358868.pdf
    • http://anais.terminarz.online/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/96522548509.pdf
    • https://relaxbotanika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vivitotumibitusa.pdf
    • https://gamedunyasi.com/calisma2/files/uploads/wusizoneturoxiwaterisuvim.pdf
    • https://itscebu.com/upload/file/20210911224853.pdf
    • https://fcr-fomentoconsumoerenda.com/uploads/files/64983890625.pdf
    • http://pagyesa.org/userfiles/file/20210911174706.pdf
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fdaa3f5be70b89b4c108e1d208a6883/56178570154.pdf
    • http://leeclinic.kr/userData/board/file/wenala.pdf
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144c6b3eb8f1---71836950279.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b6b46db96---wizisatixiboz.pdf
    • https://marwaautorepair.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/1646996806.pdf
    • http://geobigoni.it/userfiles/files/vegumun.pdf
    • http://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77232711498.pdf
    • https://la-klamm.org/Files/files/3279839117.pdf
    • http://tattooindex.nl/images/uploads/36642370657.pdf
    • http://wirheiraten.de/images/file/68046777020.pdf
    • http://suamayin.biz/userfiles/file/zuwonisu.pdf
    • https://altinhediyeler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/dusizikujipokugoxob.pdf
    • https://terminarz.online/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/59723863205.pdf
    • http://nessie-vinylcare.com/file/86679133264.pdf
    • https://yifff.se/userfiles/file/8753286007.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=where+are+contact+photos+stored+on+android
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d97c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD97C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f18e.bin
cecdcf23bfb756c1510bd6b5759d18be782757d704d13ee624be0ed57032c08e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF18E 17068 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011daa.bin
5e068aa1a61832b7b516650d0968e343410e292efbf85256d96adff96367d306
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DAA 10556 bytes