Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8eacd0f63202021…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 08:51:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5019e05152df7fdd93fad10339a73f34 SHA-1: afe0a392e1c9857df2a0ae6d72a71671ff8c919e SHA-256: a8eacd0f6320202120a8875caace4deee4976c0cd4e833170f3db129c0b81bde
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious actions within PDFs. The presence of multiple external URIs, including those pointing to compromised CMS uploads and link farms, suggests a phishing or redirection scheme designed to lead users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://vietnamwelder.vn/uploads/news_file/10323894958.pdf
    • https://eingangrad.ch/userfiles/files/gedizonagakemudorizobe.pdf
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94868709073.pdf
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ghtoj9u5s5npn4dclta3mgrkqc/87890640611.pdf
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/4992611365.pdf
    • http://be-now.pl/userfiles/file/46079675189.pdf
    • http://cu-mbc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77723410241.pdf
    • http://kaiyudachem.com/filespath/files/20210911122450.pdf
    • https://fibaquitaine.fr/cebatrama/userfiles/files/77920965420.pdf
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/gejoguboriziji.pdf
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q6bc7t9eb1ou7caos3oc3vovl9/61365906447.pdf
    • http://morethancars.nl/uploads/edytor/file/38925170692.pdf
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49f2874033cf6ee790a91011a30b2087/xomanuninikoba.pdf
    • http://bielwod.com/userfiles/file/wexopiladu.pdf
    • http://telek-trans.hu/editor_up/40587299022.pdf
    • http://www.azurwelcomeservices.com/userfiles/file/sapaleteta.pdf
    • https://pfhotel.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tanuxekojigipiwabedejala.pdf
    • http://aibasavar.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wukod.pdf
    • http://colorsoftexas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/uploads/81498419534.pdf
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e9d89d5253---tegumuzixorufajiwi.pdf
    • http://globalroomplus.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/47790205154.pdf
    • https://confidence-ist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefazifalud.pdf
    • http://sowa-architekci.pl/userfiles/files/7900376262.pdf
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-9/file/15381658316.pdf
    • https://granitnet.hu/editor_up/gijipa.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=scarlett+alexandra+ripley+pdf
    • 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_off0000faff.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAFF 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011311.bin
70672d06768a90728d7bdbc74ad8e9bbbc67a7c019bb27ae4d4407d66e96c8ba
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11311 19860 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000146f4.bin
c695e1eda1527c0f4bd8faec219edf04064418bed02d6185e76f1523925bfece
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146F4 10616 bytes