Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eace33d1e4ce5ec8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 13:10:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: aa6416516e3b0de40cc94afc0b70efff SHA-1: 5e533404d79d25adfccffd23226240e8e22e4d65 SHA-256: eace33d1e4ce5ec820c05ac25c8402b7127363de6f13da1e59c495dd4b0b4fdb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qehlitunfm6vsbdsjhktffl0q2/tikukuvegumekatuv.pdf
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cf5e1c34e095b6adb5817989b37034a/68798839965.pdf
    • http://kanchanaspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79307525727.pdf
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/16950179356.pdf
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4f2fa937d2ca03c7a70565fcb3b6451/23394342522.pdf
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hsmvkh76dcelvvc76mc05sefvm/wutotojixul.pdf
    • http://aweibel.com/Photo/file/bimukoki.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/trju4rhq6foqoo09i2ejrbl0c4/58539490533.pdf
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/kovenuzapoxij.pdf
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7d06a7302---28756871777.pdf
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f77e48e6d---vebatudupafatof.pdf
    • https://khotelmarket.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210609_BCF091418F73D1D9.pdf
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071eed55f6e5---53378122372.pdf
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096503990fc6---39886058275.pdf
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/808a910ef7b1e910a5a89f36c53091c8/kerakifoxafevulo.pdf
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eao28chldse2eajeq2tvja7eu1/wiwivopep.pdf
    • http://bbfrontedelmare.com/userfiles/files/todewubinomiwapufadixago.pdf
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b44f18cad---xokinalimevaxulumikonine.pdf
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6af2d5ed2b0495d171f40fe54d7b73ed/80843158109.pdf
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c24044fd6---65312908148.pdf
    • http://timandlor.com/userfiles/file/56904218005.pdf
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fk49gakir8ks0u14nedu4g4f33/rijur.pdf
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729c9e4c3c7---konepifaz.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=kb+to+mb+conversion+calculator
    • 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_off0000eafa.bin
dd9723a8d9ef085e08f6d3d94e61a6b8a92bef8c5b6b250d065a96aec161ccf6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAFA 10688 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001037f.bin
97ac318c6c61c85ed33ad096d5d28c1ee4599804e781bf1a377ac188a42edd3a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1037F 17580 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000131eb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131EB 16792 bytes