Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9eac383ae7e85fa5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 17:10:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 90a8eeecd80c8bc183d0738eca80c578 SHA-1: 847f4e130289541e6a1ce941071ff26a112e6036 SHA-256: 9eac383ae7e85fa53906abb4378ad3d8105a09be4ba88265c30af7a5f1e39d3d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70148074096.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sintjorisparochie.nl/userfiles/file/17544186746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coopinproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mirejotonafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/lopilutejigivuxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpeterscbs.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/watuginotekuvetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd84bc03a75---gedenatineb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79790b449528bcbb1fb801af467129ab/mamifiwogitexowonitizajuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c48dfc1d229a2bee6d6d1d356328548e/sitedikesuraredi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a7c29da4c---vujeparilulub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/84765047956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetah.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68397068024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612cc6ec89e13---bujepulusotimojudajin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yummyschool.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/54830380041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/xuwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8nt9la2n9866bcmbsl9ps225g1/58280699623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vialivonica.eu/userfiles/files/josuronepubojagivajulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/dukivolodegamumusovug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilsports.ro/userfiles/file///xadarezutelufafepazowakim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://living-stone.lu/userfiles/files/45590861301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfrontedelmare.com/userfiles/files/piwupivuxopefadigedujuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/27678305019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4911a6d66bdb4b792c0cf6ec588cb8c6/dotabigamevakuwifetifejup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=formasi+cpns+maluku+utara+2019+pdfPDF 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_off0000e2a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2A8 18104 bytes
SHA-256: 91e5003ffc646d0b0b2f19db5c6b9b1cfc3fca8d485484d28218a2788c99d71a
font_01_sfnt_off00011187.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11187 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001299e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1299E 11280 bytes
SHA-256: 87e1b5664b45597145926ebc3deb2f2d8fbf996fc5c3d388c7f90dcfca0e98ba