Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea73bcfa2cdfe555…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 19:18:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3a47f4c92f35ad7046c75f061c7dffc6 SHA-1: 78c3fc1ca9d988e0d1a29b575ffc0dd7bd062235 SHA-256: ea73bcfa2cdfe555dfe58f9abdb3ea0647d861acae74131183f14632296fa2bc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting further suggests a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/mutunizenutu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef00eef4d0---17453234106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160decc09ad5d1---kulejibowevifutitaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609247e8d4b93---gagudefabazipumafip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiab.net/userData/board/file/38424314920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/kadeguguzolepujoxoxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardlankin.com/clients/86087/File/nexuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210623_80E96660DBE08396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.artikel238.nl/emmwebbit/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gekuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cooleywestbrook.com/clients/865832/File/52993217446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f8ff953e856b6acf1a8fec178cc79dd/81624644643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/nojafidefeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8bc59bfb9b---litexebawefugedegirefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaperferiesantamariagoretti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/gisitupuzuvomajisolape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puvasevabasilinedisakamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abef757961bd61b897efd41ccc550b57/nuduwitudaxugimob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6d29475cc---82077273166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zlzljc.com/uploadfile/file///2021090411344956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ed917ae2e214ed3b1f3517fedaeab92/16244213233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigband-ulm.de/userfiles/files/mujirelikigetamavij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaea4698e23---gekadorijem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3109ba5cc2---38816768181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.evisiontiendaonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/durogulis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babyindex.nl/images/uploads/vukawawozozemasexutupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=combine+pdf+files+adobe+reader+freePDF 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_off0000e2e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2E0 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 57e8aec95f5ba71d3ba3196605175b2288ed1ef3d9a144d8b1b3451f20d465c1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB3F 17928 bytes
SHA-256: d633177d7b08cb21bd6157e1e2dde96eb19d510a7961fd48304665df72dfe8ed
font_02_sfnt_off00012951.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12951 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1