Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9eba32574c49d414…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-23 06:06:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c25025542278e3e3fbdaefe8740229b9 SHA-1: 2e4dbc2aa8f055d8dbd7bf3f31a5d7b115ae44b8 SHA-256: 9eba32574c49d414af6cb7a1532ac6171e17dc9732fecfae53974f8a045d22d8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites, as suggested by the PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://waetsukai.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5756458417.pdf
    • http://vividconcept.in/userfiles/file/37658056788.pdf
    • http://ruihuitax.com/files/file/32567706579.pdf
    • https://alistairmills.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jibolozagonida.pdf
    • http://dges.in/userfiles/file/jupimovipojavubozu.pdf
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161420a737db09---gasuzezapisovovosajeb.pdf
    • http://www.aceitunasdelguadalhorce.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/feperoforijezukipot.pdf
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/90416356297.pdf
    • https://zaragozadenoche.es/upload/files/14575541539.pdf
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31681430981.pdf
    • https://www.bnbtravels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55445900220.pdf
    • http://musicfriend.vn/public/default/ckeditor/files/78362449308.pdf
    • https://traveletrust.com/basefile/traveletrustcom/files/21549007698.pdf
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/75554874589.pdf
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/366962570ad4ccacfa7e2f3ee753d4b7/bigiwalijokinajomufajin.pdf
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u0526bbjv3sofrmehkb9l21pil/85802048028.pdf
    • http://spbi.cz/res/file/derujobesage.pdf
    • http://xn--rssx31a7tec6p.com/upload/userfiles/files/20210901072845.pdf
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10590144180.pdf
    • https://aicpwdosaeast.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50049282407.pdf
    • https://0286869143.com/editor_images/files/nigutofewelaja.pdf
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a91ccb33aa---xowekavinif.pdf
    • https://orangcar.com/app/webroot/upload/files/vabejunuroluwevu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=harry+potter+and+the+philosopher%27s+stone+stephen+fry+download
    • 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_off0000e53c.bin
5959ac14f2c536c5df62ebea2cf784cf6f900cc052f17c232743ec2cabdb61fa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE53C 17316 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011248.bin
329572a3e44d4b6d086527af01cf6ba293532e31ae4c3a91089a39c96d6fc4c4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11248 10820 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012b3c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B3C 16792 bytes