Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eaa4b69e12669b3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:53:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 7e94ad778999062d0b38deed65c65b44 SHA-1: ee1c56be78cf0ce48755a755ca5352d8bec6780a SHA-256: eaa4b69e12669b3f4261d8dce925cab667b99d8564796bf71e77619de0830b88
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to serve a second-stage payload. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the redirection or download process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=general+comments+for+students+report+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://yasairamenbar.com/uploads/files/51801299508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klubalfa.org/img/userfiles/file/97657691119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd3973a970d---rogodakelinemupudefeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alotercuman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gefexodojebamevidem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reniuved.it/file/siwapowokadivogoril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasanmasat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dopukamisugekomemekisulik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rf9rrm849dkrl57qpiddccl3n7/32303094280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peoplefineart.com/assets/202107/files/20210723172226372949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a820d50258c71b6c0f8c11373d65b6c/maburevukavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucmas.com/userfiles/file/68212612825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peisheng.org/uploads/ckfiles/files/61234a129437c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arslanemlak.come/file/faxixepufinevupofugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97559915738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zub.ru/userfiles/file/46883463466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fletcherfamilyreunion.org/clients/52745/File/javopazodetibalesafaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessoriesunlimitedinc.net/catalog/file/luxebofufivibogoluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa84fe45ed---48730615379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607778640e8bf---10663827893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ef12a4192---95327071313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magnumprint.ru/upload/files/65384655101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98364ca2554ecb57de599651072055c4/20936049420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.moxiclear.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59917803876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/33855363532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e229.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE229 17376 bytes
SHA-256: 3b317f9e4272b2f57dfa50e8eaff59425f8a0ddf81d54a058cf50e81990bac71
font_01_sfnt_off00010f01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F01 10828 bytes
SHA-256: a961ecc2c8cd8c0e26a1d22df0c27ddf9ed66326d53dc78e9623941c3042211b
font_02_sfnt_off00012806.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12806 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1