Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eaa0916727174b52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-26 00:54:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4f26a9f08ad09151524983cf5622a321 SHA-1: 434001fe14d4093bdd07495b6de63e281a933d6f SHA-256: eaa0916727174b52240a71790918bf7ad73f4cd4d21843d728a9a28bcf3436f7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs. Several heuristics indicate that the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, likely designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0plu8uhqvkho2hbsl7bas8n5n4/86525332275.pdf
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02c257e4433948de8f55d9f704dd7d7a/7667722073.pdf
    • http://podhoru.cz/userfiles/file/duzixonaped.pdf
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dde63e001da---fuduwijenugumawuxez.pdf
    • http://www.yeosung21.or.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1626123061.pdf
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf3df5745cb---2008760862.pdf
    • http://centurionim.com/userfile/batiment/file/tekunoxifobuvugo.pdf
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/33654456583.pdf
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607815d545626---lovujumik.pdf
    • https://coimbatorepressclub.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/452419113.pdf
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/komezajizibivudamesiw.pdf
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607291e70299d---xakivakaminaponedebos.pdf
    • https://aokman-drive.com/d/files/53412540494.pdf
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f37ejlmimehjt1l3t6dl3pco8e/paxadejomuxiz.pdf
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021061717462673499.pdf
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8d42fcfdd4---39955729543.pdf
    • https://area5srl.it/file/15964408159.pdf
    • http://tverzhilservis.ru/foktver.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77229999060.pdf
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/bovomebuf.pdf
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b6770741bfa3b86f3d8e6a00325ffa5/35777087011.pdf
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/69316527414.pdf
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t65hj8vr0i7ghh6kig6or04762/faxopivuvanizireka.pdf
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09601cca4a40342378e47a7799fa5970/daneleginofex.pdf
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5djnjrip4kak6f3fvlgrujvr70/64777676258.pdf
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c598642c7---wugudofemimoragatet.pdf
    • http://kangs78.com/clients/66216/File/tapuxifasumivo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=salvaje+de+coraz%C3%B3n+libro+completo+pdf+gratis
    • 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_off0000e2d7.bin
a74c8284957bab29a85a1c57c28349c724b6650cddf65c7bfb0a4831687ad2ca
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2D7 18352 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011184.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11184 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001299b.bin
94741fa63b35f46b443b4e81e57a53c7f5a8c3dc622be45b45795a3234bae128
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1299B 11572 bytes