Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eaefb113b6e73b0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:13:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ce1d73e8db2bcb69a1bc1a0f3727d532 SHA-1: 521cb16a99485c678908d298e1936a2ade24c8df SHA-256: eaefb113b6e73b0ea26f5dcedef20bc00f698d37ba4e51990e9b6af7d5606abc
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristics indicate it's a phishing trojan, and the ML classifier strongly agrees. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a second-stage payload from one of the provided URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9c64a6c5e---43836448817.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/mamonotavezifuvutoluzuzam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrfirework.com/images/file/gifibotajonoxarar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39658930612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093fa81408cd---pogem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd35b6bcf89---19794361473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shreejians.com/userfiles/file/pukepipuligidopifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taispacedesign.com/upload/files/75376206001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d57af3e16786359218b0b6db9690ae9d/8737084548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19b53db1cadbd762008d20ede55f79c2/50504108896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/klte902aa7gfq5p68j40t3p1l2/tugotapalif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///pedogagekowurokazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/75108109228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siltherm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92234458502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/53708993791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7a70113478f34f22a10ad5309132b72/44580426508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lisezokokujinisokuzuluwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stitesattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/18262364504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607920ac09af8---55726593973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://score1forspencer.com/clients/4/45/4587145e2679cb7673d0e21b436e5c25/File/31103645451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autobedrijvenindex.nl/images/uploads/19428993082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/512eddc43523d0beec40ec3dd0e89738/jezupoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyallcanada.ca/editor_files/file/52532590989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=ghost+to+vhdPDF 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_off0000c589.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC589 17176 bytes
SHA-256: a4a0762548b915c090d6eba90953b2ca366cbbd3312fead8274bc0818ed3a60c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f229.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF229 9812 bytes
SHA-256: f8df8289f439e33855a40885790388669ff1fd2c64e27fa8d78f227bda3112fd
font_02_sfnt_off000107de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1