Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8eacc9cab24951df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-08-09 07:09:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2410acb2d728abe232cc109be3e4800b SHA-1: 44b6a5cbc9ba1ab8b0d86bdef14217437e264d8d SHA-256: 8eacc9cab24951df3bab90acc7037e6665e613f0889806b53b4669ba539ea921
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://arerp.kr/data/file///2009228682.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0a6283136089628d680b06671b5e093/28538924227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085be28f1ce7---faberegijiwupokon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valleyrestoration.net/home/apf/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22280458111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa276bb559b---talurudik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/ribaputonufamape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coevent.ru/upload/files/9357283104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100595126d9c---jixol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-wesam.com/userfiles/files/kugizawozizewisojon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-uchebnici.com/img/file/43758943780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/753cc768a0bbb9ac3b31760188f6afa0/xabukiwikofesijemava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c325db385a3efe617c4641bdaf645a62/razifijikanezowaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ippon.lv/uploads/File/40471453362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606db9eec8260---dawurosapovetino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df64463761---21074952992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a4a3542ad---83930997789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegalezullo.eu/userfiles/files/vofako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksuskalology.com/images/file/taxivopegefimatupopug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariamontecchia.com/userfiles/files/1103409858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canevinclassof70.com/clients/6/6b/6b8b8ee0d314e59372afbcb75100d768/File/disedaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusamulticentralestari.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/99592929314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3a4f6e14d0bfcf76ff8c9537d154181/fopepedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=rogue+soul+3+hacked+unblockedPDF 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://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_off0000c3d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbe2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBE2 16516 bytes
SHA-256: b5177eb5fa40c3adac940c26f3e19454ffd5555901f8dae918013adfb6254c70
font_02_sfnt_off0001069b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1069B 10908 bytes
SHA-256: a584b835ef21c5ddac187c63962be51790798defe6cab683b58b94ef12bbbd8b

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