Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ead186398d366aa3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.2 KB Created: 2021-07-27 11:43:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1bab8a37797095dd0ec6564f64ac66b2 SHA-1: 1ad994e8dd3ff477327e81d5a6535ae90fc9e8c1 SHA-256: ead186398d366aa3a096e07eaaa57e3f01c37ee44997b45d2e0a14a48a73c539
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9902

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874d828381e---momerezimo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://chief-moving.com/editor_upload/file/5252553400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094baa3771b4---85847118837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1ea4ca38dd---libefilujidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609483e1eeebe---lipobepajojimozebeguto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160709c424adb7---kebebizetenurumos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/zivusikaneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/364146bd0e47a8c3edfb7f048e727ab3/fijiruzojimitamutote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glcore.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36321088868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oquiv36splds9gqfgbg6bp9cgl/medifufejinez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/12571238166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e3df98c243c8f09f27f578b2a20c991/3672940472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brcassociati.com/userfiles/files/zugajivebenunorevoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theonejsc.com/userfiles/file/perowusevevadubaxetabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b708cca75fc---jilakap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/mavapuzavokexebarusubujat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gldbirdgel.com/user_img/files/xujasatuladipopejemij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58lskqkf8lrm6vtv7b2bbvktgs/vavexuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://embeddedhr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9397533993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101-games.ru/images/uploads/files/87327425202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4pls66u48vlcsa85vg25ed1dl5/jigazatoridupup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thinhhoanggia.vn/Images_upload/files/vuzuvakuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eab652831a7cc9c54a2d72d84adc3dff/puzapatef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhsclassof70.com/clients/a/ac/acf0241a72c9eb28a719a759cf8a4748/File/putotibapadukekuxujunut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alves.bg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84527128281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoset66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45456605662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contact-house.com/fckeditor/upload/file/pelixamamutike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=conan+exiles+strategy+guide+ps4PDF 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_off000127be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127BE 17156 bytes
SHA-256: 049f13038ec6ac1b87f8a1473b4031c7bee95566154450c5ef46563ba72535f0
font_01_sfnt_off0001545e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1545E 10992 bytes
SHA-256: d611a623f4b32d1d7d3dd270f4a15b9c3f2b36bd3998962b056a639c45fda5f8
font_02_sfnt_off00016dee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16DEE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1