Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb45589b1f2ca37f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-08-16 07:25:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5053fe00bd40a7920249aae0100d54e3 SHA-1: e1d6864e820d09be2a402d48ab0cdcf6aac1307e SHA-256: eb45589b1f2ca37f4f0945f8edf666a992260b3b745294ea7d5646eaef12f7e6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for further payloads or phishing content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c10ee975b39---wapidomuberoxifoni.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf4fb98eefe---96365447915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/30194171362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa40b234ebd---49174447602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609071cecd7bc---ritureruvem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b906a2313---85558227315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123podkrovie.sk/editor_uploads/files/20740915313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gptools.net/userfiles/file/60766948930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreaseals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/disupifesumopiridug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fluitec.fr/ressource/site-image/files/lakuzaxenulalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/29505773055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eivr5bahoq85vt0k52nq17vq1/61301617769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/wanasugilobevamemalulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb647a4efae---dekavidovuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-oblspl.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41459515396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatproperty.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56490834043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609148c6cc116---zidijewup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrieshorst.nl/images/uploads/file/nepuzomivazowonagutawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amthanhanhsangchinhhang.vn/upload/files/42551822324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hz-karavany.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pefebiduvunoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiospazioambiente.it/userfiles/files/95050229821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddd9395e38a---biwutumedajarajuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4354d2c07---82577822195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--989ap7r0xbd5x.com/upload/fckeditor/file/73448015196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102a6a15acca---fuwidekodakuxavopibokap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=ejemplos+resueltos+de+oraciones+coordinadasPDF 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_off0000ee05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE05 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001061c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1061C 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 73a375fe9c62b48e026bc7aea590a57a3d6fb12ca59f341f18f70a443744a03d
font_02_sfnt_off00011f32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F32 17872 bytes
SHA-256: d83439f927fac6567ed1d999db84a7897744eb18c3c1f91d567a09d71d5eb27d