Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eae47b05ec157b73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 00:24:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: acc2bfec9eaa7d422cfb1cfe3688a7e3 SHA-1: a6c42796227de7f274fbfcb6ffdc45d06194e3b7 SHA-256: eae47b05ec157b735616dd24b09083dc5632858def9f1c0b0fb4021d8971277b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a strong attempt to obscure the final destination and leverage SEO tactics for distribution.

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 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://xinyaoqiye.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-6/20210906041858669653.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bokilidojojevigunekeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qccquuo93jbuqouqr3l9hui99d/nibidulixirozudugux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuvanthanhlapcongty.biz/upload/ck/files/36980794583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianniarnaudo.com/userfiles/files/73919895944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-s-g.ru/userfiles/files/59187794099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138c45942e6f---95913581609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ndmoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/kesasixaniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoo-foto.cz/userfiles/file/66517042884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lucaslobker.com/minor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90272734580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f53955ea8b364653a370e352cd14590/nukarivufopiragunegub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d20b14e355a9462323b2e13ad99584e/dogovidekerew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentromedico.es/files/galeria/files/sipobem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minhgianggroup.vn/upload/files/nejave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shriadinathbank.com/uploads/lidosanisibigaliwubanod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahuacoop.com/cms_gpadmin2015/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/vovosawotomutirimawitusip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/kexisimolexofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leposeur.fr/site/upload/ckfinder/files/88298341108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspiredindianfoundation.org/uploads/zisigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rippa.pt/files/file/kujonaritapawujuranuben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/tegirexegudoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuvasarkar.org/userfiles/file/70384707129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mashura.co/userfiles/files/wemevojijezot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onutglen.com/caningest/images/file/kabofulalajon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=lidar+scanner+app+androidPDF 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_off0000e049.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE049 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f85b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF85B 18176 bytes
SHA-256: 2326e3bd236221f176fe99138f889dc5e660f2d04f31d6b9f077947f68a1b9f2
font_02_sfnt_off00012794.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12794 10320 bytes
SHA-256: 4d53a2a7178c7c0a20f5e136949288867173a9f1e7f468901f1e33fad8f7648f