Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea908c18ffa892a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-11 14:56:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: dc26cbe822fee1d27a036d56271e7285 SHA-1: c8b052386c14556d059455603053f13d503fa883 SHA-256: ea908c18ffa892a11f4590c805ae881c4abb4ec4f22c57c8b6fe4b09cc181533
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript and multiple external links. Several heuristics indicate that these links are part of a link farm, with some pointing to compromised WordPress uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/70551503052.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pankajplast.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gorovaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lauraestetica.com/userfiles/files/rinupogalasafedisebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-8/20210908225656268018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariondhuique-mayer.com/data/file/81028403021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaparatt.com/images/File/momexenomumodonagusigoxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rusepress.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/56771867338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tahi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zolera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a57b9378befb61ecac663075f6ba8e85/59789921830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonlaval.com/userfiles/files/sogura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangvetthuong.com/luutru/files/77643937177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santiagoporter.com/js/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/76535404847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sexualaufklaerung-schule.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30613600021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strojsteel.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kadedalekogezavinagam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencerenerji.com/resimler/files/jemota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7718824767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neteyes.eu/editor_up/71652700862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationalcoopadvisors.com/userfiles/files/pafapugef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91mcjc7fgp8o5ovbl5b98mrdfh/39674653284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vipuluwotuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139f4bde5750---17170985213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condicionamentofisico.com/arquivos/file/82436699848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gsm.company/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wodomikaxumuxapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/manixuvabuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=exercise+of+past+perfect+and+past+perfect+continuousPDF 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_off0000e90c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE90C 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 9ed7e12cf03e83ccc1c6f1dd7b7f330be2979d5ca1d8d89ddffb71efc52a3307
font_01_sfnt_off000101f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A06 19252 bytes
SHA-256: 895032953988559fb2abb76faf99c319f36653c3a0c699ee04a544f5c40642e2