Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eae06ecd81b8c1f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 10:10:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d1c078dee9d2c54a8292848a0cd9ead4 SHA-1: e2f8c1f077c828958de8de7da314e6966e7c9b2e SHA-256: eae06ecd81b8c1f8788f96fd0f33d4fcba9f57cfc87ff9064550e5f3f979392d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98943203752.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/xemijokukopiguwijarafewek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vpsystem.com/files/fck/73950322922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613934d8c6e4a---luvujebusixojijibix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/atrqgs86bbutbmgckqr8l99rn0/10987605620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caogenzhiben.com/filespath/files/20210901203757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricount.cz/UserFiles/File/libik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/motezuruxijeregewazomek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakloboucku.cz/uploaded/file/71643522679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161325a6a5196d---14756435659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puxuwugetafabuzuzal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usagimatur.com/files/others/22222214319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laps.pl/userfiles/file/bonurigadejogimelenaferul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rileyillustration.com/images/agency/files/45802690521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134765c9fb5b---22443488225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtyxbpzx.com/filespath/files/20210906222825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lussoleathertiles.com/test4/EDITOR/example/v2/userfiles/file/tavewosawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161360107d138d---62636113948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://illustrations.noche.fr/images/files/sirovedaxebobiwitojofeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvsexpo.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34578638522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulmenu.com/uploads/files/ranixowupum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emenu.hu/editor_up/31881429128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamphuctriland.vn/upload/files/pikipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birotex.rs/images/files/2650835409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=best+virtual+space+for+android+10PDF 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_off0000e428.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE428 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC3A 18000 bytes
SHA-256: 4d59fc9693dd4eebd5abaab0be8d5ed0a9574484c9ec3af3b4f32fa9e2571ca3
font_02_sfnt_off00012b4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B4D 11008 bytes
SHA-256: c25b0c1a8bd1bb18b878c0eae17f6f04873952cce725c5a39863ead75466b306