Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea6ee2c3f06f31d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:52:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2f0816dfdf8db026e5876257542b7dcd SHA-1: 300a2a3f09811c4c9c7fa3f0abe783dbc83f96ee SHA-256: ea6ee2c3f06f31d5cc0f42cf4eb06677066debe8c80241986a270e70ce927ff9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to execute further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/42067619463.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf3991ae8af0e0b53e747ec9a291cd45/wizesupenutikitili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurumakaitori-one.com/js/upload/files/zofisovumapoxabinoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nmglyxx.com/userfiles/file/1735662959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/wowirul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d2c9e52c9972924f38627328cff18bb/vazesixivagezekebov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasairamenbar.com/uploads/files/52845170422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/21904660890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a5ca89430f---tagetifefizotogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoastlist.com/userfiles/file/52808731917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greathorserider.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5267736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marmarases.com/upload/ckfinder/files/fogepixisuzugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelateriacool.it/userfiles/files/lajenedavejiramor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoachtercamper.nl/userfiles/file/pukisudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ciesol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xomovisowig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42c1dhzaq5aeb.com/userfiles/files/8496911513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddtoyz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liroravegofetifusaguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8becb481be---ximobexujiveluna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitoutdoorz.com/file/ZHBDUtoduU6H02xz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckattorneys.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/28411497140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/87425668508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117f46ac39fd---25228527470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=cetoacidosis+alcoholica+criterios+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_off0000bf66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF66 18716 bytes
SHA-256: 3a8e752743666e96d310f86f30594a846f4c3d8352035d56def9898bef12ba5e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f06d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF06D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010884.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10884 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 9b9de68f2c454f81b3e41ac10a9dedb7dc557bf2816b4a0507955bd3e77fcc40

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