Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eaf4a65220d960d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-07-26 11:53:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b8ee6f2a73ac3f48038640868321786a SHA-1: 02255a072ca0cf171cc4381b168dff6974772313 SHA-256: eaf4a65220d960d8fbba893e124a0fc2fe045a440a0749e9600c7b31ccec1efa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_URGENCY_LURE' indicates the document likely contains text designed to prompt immediate action, a common tactic in phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/bupesenekugilegefalipe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://csptech.net/admin/userfiles/file/poxokitifob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/limoxumewak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a61684034---pupusiwaduwuvemifofox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daydreamspin.com/userfiles/file/wuzebajugemumowiberanogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aneri12.eu/res/file/21620985793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608abff1687eb---wilokumuziraleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c27d4bbf96c---miwowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtmaso.com/public_html/Imagens/file/dijakasokujewew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roycraft.ca/userfiles/file/74404566308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15689bd02eed001207cb5c21c8ad1b73/sirezinefij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f069d4c57dc---62442933814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce6d05ea44---13416536236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/471e8ce5b0a7e1c48c2a106901adf49d/doduvawogufudafegefizusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c57a20b0a6---73929052630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biblioteka-koneck.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58530514402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kpu8hv4sr7gj3vhrtoui9qqr8g/ludozujofibunakodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be31ce1i9ljh4urafl7s548df4/31328669353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/110475653e76f6d9cb05ac796f4a69e2/gopogokopivakogegefazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r1u4qj40qph14p50a2iibhh2vg/robusezazaloxanokope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d6e0ceb48f---biguribe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/razul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824bf48d470---niwosadomesibesuwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788d3bd37e6---sezumupobakatomazodeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=social+problems+community+policy+and+social+action+pdf+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_off0001013c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1013C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001194e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1194E 16988 bytes
SHA-256: b961897cc15b31b5da4aee09d9a4da30218c30a92efbddcf197875766adeeb6f
font_02_sfnt_off0001454a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1454A 11212 bytes
SHA-256: 1ffd09cd2d233370640a341cc6de7a9c53838965124fd3a726ba3e8a21f71cd4