Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eadfcc45c84d5dad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-08-07 04:14:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c9a2c192fd73c8de9e32ad0f53784e5b SHA-1: b959b1d6d4f5ed8f6b1f3d04ac1e6290cdd72a36 SHA-256: eadfcc45c84d5daddc5b3939f41a8df8455fafe05ca2dedecbb8ad174eb20448
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a link-farming attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e34a9b744cf---kadolefodaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/omemm1jt9ebpgsatdeenk4d0vd/dubitibudoberaziboda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88ddcce2c77801d711e92e96bf3c5d10/14433551446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/joemj1oil4efftd9gbd7vp030g/47243271396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coatielectronica.com/files/nitogeluxugelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021050808282364199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4031d55ed0a95fc7ae2c2aaace6dcfa8/somidibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruntbudowa.pl/files/file/65773385922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avistravel.ro/userfiles/file/woxapum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vorne-sitzen.eu/pcms/content/file/zorizixelefilukubux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungcubepgiangtrinh.com/webroot/img/files/23745482838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafemsoffice.com/userfiles/files/33193935652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81867cffcf8e73880b135f3cfa07169b/mumawolujegobikikede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d4svancouver.com/clients/c/c8/c8601140a4283eb9b700f388a83987a3/File/gisilijobijewowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alyosserspneed.com/userfiles/files/kezujobibukurewirizijege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb61d54285---jefamawiguxekevato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bongbansaigon.com/uploads/files/zixamavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761a9e5a812---mapikibebus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb3a62e7969---13148743499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ewdel.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/335290250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnavaldemarbella.com/Senegal_5/Content/files/userfiles/file/22828450827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a497cde3f3f71ffeca545c2b60629da8/nekumesugigonavere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zap-interactive.com/uploads/files/xumilepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9586339a2b001d237e3e8710243f184/93581015280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ggmtc.net/userfiles/files/xemup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=no+sonrias+que+me+enamoro+sinopsisPDF 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_off0000f9dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9DC 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 466aae0f5501b4f53a05e6a93d6cd1fdacfc359e8672af666bdf9aced829b629
font_01_sfnt_off000111ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000129bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129BF 18612 bytes
SHA-256: ecccac7ad3630b225fe34d4493aeb8869f5c4fe2147fba65c6f4d0bb87d47f15