Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e62f18b6118f11e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-10-17 14:32:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: d825d9d04ec01a49396c8788fab16df6 SHA-1: 77e2018f91188d04f9bc51a768b7001cc86eda6f SHA-256: e62f18b6118f11e414a1b7be8bdf1ecc37b31af937f4c6ada87d23b3942aadb0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of links on potentially untrustworthy domains, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://eagleegg5k.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/nesaliduziserovarubuton.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e509e55db8---zixopijiwidigib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbg1ddpkdc.xn--j1amh/uploads/files/fajamisewekefepikanas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c1b9d95058---baxitemagugikanekur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tingchucontrol.com/Uploadfiles/files/murabovaxufib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/353ce57d541a83edfc0e20b5ad8a2385/menegidunopuzebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemwares.com/userfiles/file/jajedarexutojejulixame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaymccarthy.com/immagini/file/79609862423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locktactyuma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89326343192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mathcountsoutreach.org/userfiles/file/72602829908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maisonfamillesrimouski.com/scripts/php/xenocode/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nejonunamenorirefuwovixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinyezi.cn/upload/28690455322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/juriwirizexixojimametiton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleangroupbd.com/ck/upload/files/36834653848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/birojejugovutotalerilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crestviewshopping.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/72942465116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pp-aqua.com/userfiles/files/14623538923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h4c8ot1s17oocno11hf689kkp6/bavexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-bau.com/ckfinder/upload/files/riwawusopuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutek.eu/userfiles/file/lekekozedekijog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10playsolutions.com/clients/softklk/documents/_articles_/file/35092359323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brava-ekb.ru/userfiles/file/40483535995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ues-rb.ru/themes/ues-rb.ru/files/dizemutuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gutachterbewertung.de/userfiles/file/80242889005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Gsjc/~3/1hHberoKktI/uplcv?utm_term=along+the+right+lines+synonymPDF 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_off0000d8bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8BD 18336 bytes
SHA-256: 750847a1deaa96de1f8a8ac0088c06eadce1a03b7f28ec0126fd4e1accb2e9ad
font_01_sfnt_off0001080f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1080F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012026.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12026 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 0790f24c547c526da0fbcb2d4b115c81f1fd7d234343d0d79b1bfcae02b0d55b