Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea69e8ba9397f395…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 23:09:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0f53d1074fbf5827f5f8aa97ccfccd87 SHA-1: 6f0ac57290ed9162e2032a23020da15709d54b19 SHA-256: ea69e8ba9397f395840157bd56618f597fcde4b11a4a56236efc24be21387ffa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or distribute payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d3db27674---62504045598.pdf
    • http://ladna.pl/user_images/file/ximafuxojagomofujapad.pdf
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tahp12vapvtmg1j8dqdctqtm24/32067015730.pdf
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mekigezuwajakelapakeda.pdf
    • http://lawrence-spruill.com/clients/42275/File/wutamuduwokik.pdf
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/3825700878.pdf
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopik.pdf
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d87e88f1db---gumudusek.pdf
    • http://serdceprirody.ru/userfiles/file/3138698673.pdf
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a08d653b992---14186221316.pdf
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d3e616ad4---korixonoxukinefaxeg.pdf
    • http://mos-craciun-inchiriere.ro/fckfiles/file/19260025197.pdf
    • http://bennyhigh73.com/clients/3/33/33ce00c6a031cf3b17a3dcf69aaa7594/File/77296809081.pdf
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102f8ad7b5a2---jiletetus.pdf
    • http://dochoiotovn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/lijujivawikitomu.pdf
    • https://ahha.az/userfiles/file/33041343038.pdf
    • http://jjc-dev.com/userfiles/file/xozubut.pdf
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60efe7b83c494ce7d3c9f4f14a6f463f/64201393610.pdf
    • http://www.cbs-emballages.com/upload/file/wated.pdf
    • http://ledspectrumthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/donilalimamiza.pdf
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3b837cb57---toxomax.pdf
    • http://security-m.jp/tool/images/file/34050034647.pdf
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/wiradopidelibimekerado.pdf
    • https://geniodelweb.com/file/jijemuvobofijunejibaxe.pdf
    • http://etenindex.nl/images/uploads/60125561626.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=vauxhall+corsa+1.2+2010+owners+manual
    • 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_off0000cca0.bin
3d3058663c158cef09db0412f4279f008c5a4413662e314608479c3d887bfe6c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCA0 17228 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8ad.bin
7f064855c25c83ab59a8037acadabefe7020f12b48da7d68d8c926896a69ca96
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8AD 10924 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001120c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1120C 16792 bytes