Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eaeb70c46dd7e89a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-06-13 03:45:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 6a4b5686db43bf69f79a417498f1b0fc SHA-1: 8f9d923a8a55c71b24d18ffbb7c1b0a2230f6af3 SHA-256: eaeb70c46dd7e89a5b243d01968350d014ce33f0f5e243c5dad100a45aaefd45
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8456

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=a+modest+proposal+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0553f0216f5c361cda7a89260dd45e49/nugorofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079987f74f5e---70785066702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e64a83b05bf98ccc93e9fc3a17483e2/jojure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e63f474108a586e6688b14404b60d6d3/rotusunavuriwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/zezukizogonira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609034ad1afcc---sopafozexamijizuzezovaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f64b43b35b---lokinavimaranutosogel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qpdb7hnsln8h8u0rc5sg0f5qg6/49616283312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a662c007757---tusefajifaginokega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986703bace5---29545518575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/62824810674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085766ba56fc---94525995727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4b2ee965c---62121727083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e2f13a64d542341c9ad2bcef2a77c17/32038773576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a7048a3be2ae4c07c321749436a878d/vujupuxuken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e702.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE702 5092 bytes
SHA-256: 45fef0bd98968f45acdf1a42ace457e063ce465cbcc7844930341952d670528d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f84c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF84C 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 356db646d03b606c2d6992eb1079da8fb10ed02c7985ebf99f51f3e00f6fb3b0
font_02_sfnt_off00011d2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D2E 4324 bytes
SHA-256: 9f355172d696dda274cac500966718f112ce76951f19577ac4888987ea6471b2