Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eae160e0843afd36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-09-24 18:10:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 523090bdc79be2f7dc40411696b0c331 SHA-1: c25972a88360415131fac92b8968980c00bd5c9b SHA-256: eae160e0843afd36bdd7ed4257ddefcbfaa7fc832decd56f2fa771d80731b46b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for redirecting the user to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=once+upon+a+time+in+shanghai+full+movie+english+subtitles PDF link annotation
    • http://stromzeleny.cz/file/ruzusoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengyaweb.com/uploadfile/file/2021092020541246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e177697edc725fd887cdf69fc39ad11/zikosavasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f777e0c999---76211287702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/61787832681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelgiottotorino.com/userfiles/files/58362356878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f45bd0cd70---52939215622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09e861052f2f7c69ada3b5a7fe5d6297/74827084250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29380cd99c8e3cb1efd936d1a1edea98/wanexutediv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristoranteibucanieri.it/userfiles/files/46274753213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e24ad960b4---femumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://print-resource.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26027460446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cecprint.com/images/file/kuzupipoban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vnos.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/63352826753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wronba.pl/uploads/wysiwyg/file/77729170690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613238af72373---xeligaworamom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ihappywash.com/uploads/files/202109111013309666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtnet-engine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48152719652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210920174318709093mo0v85.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://educhina.mn/editor/files/59991817824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miyadenthai.com/image/upload/File/49308956839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ef441cbf43---54870217719.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_off0000b16b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB16B 15976 bytes
SHA-256: 23dbbf9b6fb62d35ca622fe45ecb9bb7b7745c665114117f35d3d4db8586cf73
font_01_sfnt_off0000da5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA5C 11160 bytes
SHA-256: b425e5c923db4ebbc9d65a3b634d62e5198937a48d4e94e41fbf0c8402590fc9
font_02_sfnt_off0000f423.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF423 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1