Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea58e2cf9fd5ef22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:59:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ebcef742549f28278ce290603a4c6be2 SHA-1: 22c16319abba8b6d31837299d22a22124e52aba4 SHA-256: ea58e2cf9fd5ef2210fffa9eaaced3e12305954283f4cca18c6b370ad0ecefa5
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded links, with several pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not directly executable in this context, is a common component in PDF exploits.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://kiemtoanhaiphong.vn/upload/files/26627997760.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72s2h48rm94p249uo5f871venq/sidudex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/queoir05qnm0jln3e3k8m1ojak/najaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerfamilyreunion.com/clients/866685/File/buxovata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourister.kr/userfiles/file/riguvedexojogez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d6165fc2f---91658670063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d150c6a95c---zavukudubesuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fritz-fahrlaender.ch/download/zadamawafetenev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-styleauto.com/js/upload/files/rufoleguberifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57b7168c30629c0e2fd2fe1a56117479/xusururidufudatotenul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bnul9gcclmkrqsug9cdbm6554c/welupetosevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d05e9e3da---3634152036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://producedepot.us/userfiles/files/91958026711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021082515384873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tks-forever.com/upload/2021/06/24/file/68593614287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logisticsnetworks.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70183674618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codecs.ro/images/file/fubiturawuwibolalip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.ee/media/contents/file/kuxoxininunaxiwusekipemet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livre-d-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/porokufiweduwamedip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benevolo.it/userfiles/files/14069067445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samngaimarble.com/html_upload/file/94220313188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skybuildinfraprojects.com/uploads/gewogunisezoxufege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/munuwoliwizazapaseraluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranduongauto.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/2893514883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accounting789.com/ThImg/file/665982064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=rs3+beneath+cursed+tidesPDF 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_off0000f68a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF68A 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 51d057cdf25a6c4ff9082e921a2fcb27d19d012fcfe4708df373dc6ade95969b
font_01_sfnt_off00010f4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F4A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001275c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1275C 17764 bytes
SHA-256: 646d3d9326a3704e0810c7f4cf0af2bfb667e3a63bd8fb31131c4da3eac1a114