Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea553ba81b628ee9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:34:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d155feb44b20d24ff882b6586063ca99 SHA-1: 8a046c5e806d5078246117dda2cf702a64ab045c SHA-256: ea553ba81b628ee98795f56c515efd308f037cbe873b0cd4ed292d73fb8730ba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm on disposable hosting, directing users to various PDF files hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105ef1007497---29845282611.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/60554808120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baongochoa.com/upload/file/gapezonageporexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f048430baa---22550161805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/fuzobexipakorupabujudop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/514e6f92d91224346dab15986a108b77/zoxebun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa84aeeb67df3ef333ecd017cd48fcdb/bugefegesujinopuwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/3547404552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072df457f613---56860839802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamap.in/ci/userfiles/files/kipeladaketoxogizadukena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ondebiz.com/userfiles/file/luvotuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7a86bb58c7---49043399675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab36f69ab46---48115688137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g4q6ad57gjt3nvj0sq0n8ncvn4/69896484768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semangkabiji.com/contents//files/tenugudafowomefonumod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161161c06d548b---wesexikusivewobesulamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloisiquadri.it/userfiles/files/79971465512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/15710373260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contactfm.be/userfiles/files/24761431702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkalaris.com/contents/files/suluvajukor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/wuzenabaxokal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=cats+while+pregnantPDF 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_off0000c4f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4F2 17584 bytes
SHA-256: 53e43547b7249d4029fdc1e1ad29ddc0904c8ea33219355d12dc144185a78b88
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1A4 10528 bytes
SHA-256: 37a970cc05901dad5423b4edac3fcff1b13030abc5f0d4bde5066c7548106aca
font_02_sfnt_off000109a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1