Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea53c883ce4405e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 14:13:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 27703261bea56146647315d3ac7c558b SHA-1: 426ee2c56845e810a13c75b16bd1555fbe7487f4 SHA-256: ea53c883ce4405e634e0fb1d0ace9499baebd2e76296367792ee037bb636bf6c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uo883nn50oncplqecmbp0u172c/lesaxibub.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/67374756971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13980d41a1c4b6fdba7dd203dc34a7e5/43781308617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saigondome.com/uploads/userfiles/file/wumasesiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rafuxorijetosafagetevome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6fcd114d33a29bd92c875a8450d33f7/69592285946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2amhh4bdo0mml95gfbi6avh65/podufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limobebe.com/userfiles/files/gatudawujefebif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ca26885d2188a53a25840e94ea37a9d/mumasijivazik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://occahomesearch.com/userfiles/files/76981687088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://systematix.pl/userfiles/file/83014446051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760c0a3a030---dejagijufidagefixej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letsbelegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dipusovaguretibibasof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/67470067334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d07485bdfd---dalukagasikefigegar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voijin.com/userfiles/files/42441655656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f844aba03b37bda3ef4b3dbcb0723a51/18396784202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21jj38l2c0quiq134fjp88cpck/pevobajepavedexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.novosib-sport.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/metuduwaxutijab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dreamscapes.ca/dream_scapes/userfiles/files/66211574781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba48d360b7d---31466639338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/kodas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=agenda+2030+para+el+desarrollo+sostenible+espa%C3%B1a+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_off0000ea67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA67 11412 bytes
SHA-256: e1f9452f816a26d25cf4529a784f3ee401865b62b75cb416ffa894ca56594fd7
font_01_sfnt_off000104da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104DA 19520 bytes
SHA-256: bf77c8f84cfab2c547b2d92977c4751554c474cfd37a5ad3762af1b09a284c67
font_02_sfnt_off000135b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1