Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eae7c1afa2315d7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 15:00:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5b0fffafff318c77b7165e550586db2b SHA-1: 8f5ca0732394e5af746b0c5c0ebd47673516d149 SHA-256: eae7c1afa2315d7e2c1ceca2f3869129c925f95684e15388b42935708cb88fcf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, embedding numerous links to external resources. The heuristic PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM indicate a pattern of distributing links across potentially compromised or disposable domains, aiming to obscure the malicious intent. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a delivery mechanism for further malware or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://tieuhocsondong.hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gusolew.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.rosebankprimary.co.za/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wigenodoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613904f94bc1b---52743993938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/2895745564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pyhunlian.com/uploadfile/file/43133712147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nayyaralidada.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29575646405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeminyerkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/34543242017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/rudujosojogozinim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prakashirrigation.com/uploads/fck/files/24336518235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.net/upload/12495300708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bualuang101.com/backoffice/upload/files/934156172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anaksemut.com/contents/files/rigiweguda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613680012479a---zadomujupakemigake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanoonkaraj.ir/dbmanager/filebank/htmlgallery/file///8038386396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ea94e829fe---pitomujolobulogajal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofantino.it/userfiles/files/89942519715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelifelesson.net/home/tappingchanges/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11170974090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuitsdartistes.eu/images/file/limedafibejijinanopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muratay.nl/userfiles/file/85209443405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161387cdaaeb2b---bovule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chamdure.com/DATA/files/kuvemesan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webdatedepot.com/userfiles/file/jefutifasad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62675726343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilybarnes.com/DEVELOPMENT/VERSIONED/emilybarnes/trunk/sites/default/files/file/7105208566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pgp-puh.hr/fck_media/file/50116322078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f658ae31e7---vemosidusiwavolukako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=high+fidelity+full+episodes+freePDF 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_off0000e7f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7F0 17844 bytes
SHA-256: 4de3467055c57ca0cc8bc5d63119d7cf4bc288c7ddcc5be22ae8d4fde15e51b7
font_01_sfnt_off000115b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115B3 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 5a343fb997de44a49e546dfa2a0e1bfe86f24c0bf6a602b81cebf156bc6a0398
font_02_sfnt_off00012e32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E32 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1