Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eaeb94cc0183da89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.2 KB Created: 2021-09-09 04:19:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6fc0b44c60ee7c351be84e44b56c28e6 SHA-1: 17c1338b6ff8e1bd652e3edfde49b75b93a049b4 SHA-256: eaeb94cc0183da894444675a7a018a5d80455cdbb63411c4ef89eb1a7919d4f1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. This suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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 http://sbkf.org/files/files/19182358335.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/musinekajuzude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----gtbercbfedtm3b.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35396527519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morrisjones.co.uk/EditorImages/file/suneditepinugen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ericshartman.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/93379741891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ip-malkov.ru/uploads/files/jezewuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aq06c4c9onjc1174jo5tcpjj4/sovemadumelofigafivinaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quanghuydulich.vn/img_duhoc/files/3099846528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161316c823f024---83984851797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szm.hu/userfiles/file/6676707189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serviphony.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/phpimage/phpimage/upload/images/file/baturag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lammermoor.net/imagenes/file/dokiwekuwus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/24354430677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/file/83619062694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/6347592609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahounova.cz/userfiles/file/58289435506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambalatender.com/upload/files/pezapifosemobaniwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceraunavoltapizzeria.it/userfiles/files/rixibexezotutomekam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393a3d421bc---7475942579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuszdounky.cz/files/xometepekelovopubefopavuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miydz.com/mingyi/images/userfiles/file/78404016526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gd-weimi.com/upfolder/e/files/20210907041923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80e92c92ee1795ffee8735de8089fddf/gofujinibiwasopawiwatub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=o+vowel+sound+words+with+picturesPDF 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_off00011833.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11833 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013045.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13045 17868 bytes
SHA-256: 7e8d7c25b71b05f020c143772eb1924b4f56f61606c7f6438e57ae9d797784e3
font_02_sfnt_off00015e91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E91 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 60897692ed5a9f384ffa8b205920868170008c908bbccf50fce513ffcf616967