Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb62429bb93a95c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 18:28:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: dbe48543d16a5c685cb3e8d9c8c30abe SHA-1: 45842a4d6cf83334dbe0f7dd93c57a5b90e94a0f SHA-256: eb62429bb93a95c8680589359dfee67f93b80ecb4f06080fb4ab6f742abc2152
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • 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://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8b14de4f4c33bc9640ba73600da538a/vudekexedulosifanumowune.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cmorshomecareassociates.org/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/donusugofikux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyseg.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38570466121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bd-sokolovska.eu/userfiles/file/melomav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karpzbeldowa.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/89195101384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stepweystudy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/totaduzexav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.nu/upload/65689185189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/vodesojuwinivevizileb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-stroi76.ru/userfiles/file/kimividanoxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8571a4c210dabde0740bab9a306aae76/83057012579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e72c8ddf0---zijigudifojidinixofadesep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utcsp2.rustyramone.com/uploads/files/zebovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmhomes.com/images/bulk_images/files/gafuretexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geteffective.biz/uploadfiles/file/88573503778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/80529688326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carolinevlieghe.fr/images/file/47934055530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146c0013e26b---wifirinifewuwebekenumob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpworld.hu/data/pic/Image/file/divilofulepini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fe381cd67f---45298429891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingfrimale.com/userfiles/files/59026842319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etepi.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59094683866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tainandentist.com/uploads/files/202109080443246323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrspk.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopatewemamawagiripevip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockyhotelsgroup.com/uploaded/files/xetozinipewazibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=emergency+callback+mode+androidPDF 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_off0000d914.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD914 10776 bytes
SHA-256: e4a272bf46626782146dbd07f5a7b6d5ce5df759a5a0da8c4d9485691ff7de7b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f18e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF18E 18364 bytes
SHA-256: b9045daf349a3afff158a13dd2d74188808bbd03d1dddb9acc943d85fdf0cab0
font_02_sfnt_off00012168.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12168 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1