Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eae99bc2417dc003…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-08-23 09:47:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 2a9a600c961b059155f0ad9337b3df77 SHA-1: d62227b79831b730964e86937c537e176ac279bf SHA-256: eae99bc2417dc003b878afabcd31e9f7c32537d31e911c4af3b2ddfee5f2a72e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised websites, many of which host other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to external, compromised resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9939

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 https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8e81bbce6ab24466a8654fee3902783/87381251451.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oago98hempbf29dh82g2a9v2mo/tijoleferafaworina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraigarlandshop.com/userfiles/file/69667091104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6243d854f6c0c6d4c642600a528f68b0/dekajokijovofofode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planetamama.ru/files/file/binerawiwadiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9534800924---gefifizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/98561376128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a032e0cbc43b992efa05428a5fe3ec6/foxowoxeketigozelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53a62d5b2ec8b01c20c8f9bf4e8d70d1/vedoroxudix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donaldbermanmaimonidesgolf2021.com/clients/0/0d/0d43fbb8ff91cab41fa1b056c0d912a9/File/91513640802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkwwta.org/userfiles/lelosigino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturabliskociebie.pl/userfiles/file/pinupetiwosuwisipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8mdjkrfhcpiads3tthpo1d27b6/vowegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607695b794873---15293718037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080162401bf4---zutagobufujok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4f4eb1617---12772967881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanidom.pl/img/file/85069621754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e01500942---59054786339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cascad-trans.ru/files/40584702584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c7c816d03e6dd4532c9064c68665921/94855187352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ier4hn8fbps5nd7i5fq2qopfv0/52084837126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qcptrtj9v2534k1e7hit8fjju3/77707958054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/ruvemedilusiwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yejida.com/userfiles/file/zidufogafosagukomafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birudongker.com/contents//files/rizubinivexami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7hutlijgt9nqhbt12t6qetktd9/basewomararetenaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=the+forgotten+circusPDF 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_off0000c54f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC54F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD66 10468 bytes
SHA-256: d9564b7aab8c09e791988d55f0ca6fbfa35bf6c9aeb6d426fe5d27579a102700
font_02_sfnt_off0000f52a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF52A 17672 bytes
SHA-256: b3e7c5ee9ce0f234a8c5547d2bece9f8fcc1ec19bd7cfc266012e623025bea58