Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8eae7ae5ba8eac25…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-08-29 04:20:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 563b184b189a2b3522096b26560c5b72 SHA-1: b71071287bbe5d869fdee4def094048f6b02466d SHA-256: 8eae7ae5ba8eac25c4502e46a96c03ae1609cc865f313c254b3ad1dfbf5a2754
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, the document exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. These factors, combined with ClamAV detection and ML classification, strongly indicate a malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://mlmrockstars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pajasoxaraxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb7583519961f1e29034c1273f3d4a20/zuwirabogawegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a67a52e0f08---wusos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freshchannels.com/home/sites/freshchannels/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wogaxatibijevugufuwidafev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756e2ec291d---4367796715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/18278433958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyuanmei.com/userfiles/file/vabefebumidetevuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otohondamientay.com/upload/files/jefexukotepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namhunglogistic.vn/site/files/libaritojasiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adfd2452ecd---jinaxiwifenujujub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076efd96b3d8---mivabido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panda-es.tokyo/yamituki-n/uploads/files/43090659055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/wufexemegalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girlstown.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2772313603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuabaoduongmaynenkhi.com/img_quanganh/files/kowaxevopulemiwosamedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/dadiwutozamopokevarokiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibanghanoi.com/uploads/files/30076553485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae60fe9c2b4efb1dcaa976191e273bae/xalagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/54822161478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11272913760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc2af34b23---duzanowufekopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d872466cdd30c10682b5b78057b7eb90/tomegedirudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/gutozax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4930f75846e9b7bcc64e3b53a3e84c32/bogujofizegiboze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707475e14ec---diragat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=neck+hurts+when+lying+on+backPDF 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_off0000ba1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA1B 11020 bytes
SHA-256: c5ccc81bc88ce2053711034da394d99e82153989a4a14a5d56f49fa9f132617c
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebe8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBE8 14372 bytes
SHA-256: 35fc0bce31e624f15651ad3828c71b232a248244dd8d51e0c7d5d3a6cb51bbeb