Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eca050f14a4827a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-14 10:49:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 85377a604ecf511dabc8981a432c353b SHA-1: a238d7b89fd56ef7c7dde8500b960035bd59652d SHA-256: eca050f14a4827a80b151b43f7c1aacbf856e6200cee81bccfa9eef19f0f5e16
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware or phishing content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cce6d0273606f5c00331aadbe3ab76e5/43730599047.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f6c148ac37---61032084022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210624030100947392udygdv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160768c613c545---23348851434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/bitumepekus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnp-inc.com/ckupload/files/85402874053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/lufazuvimeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukdirectremovals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cde8a35d1a3638c29182eabb1760ccd3/66859017588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e55901c623---sewifugakasubinunatunazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a580a901801---dafewav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grawerlik.pl/userfiles/file/99138121914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d407701f0---27269543491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hicoweld.com/shop/fck_file/file/fejesifedumavirox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb5ad1d542843a65879b1fa4a3760f57/8516666862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myappartement.de/web/editor/files/nizufobepawof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/450bd226a52e3e82f19547b5512c51f8/ruvonavesab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075212f74595---34074008098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://porterbrothersltd.com/app/webroot/uploads/nasoxazolewijavovegituro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinellerinsaat.net/UserFiles/file/xumegaxepaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/pusel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1g0fgo7cocp4njl3v368jmslju/51378681848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59540ab3f816f0d2f865716f3abce03e/buzotefikebabalofazon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e5fb1d4205db0bc391dc00c6c16c6b1/vemekexof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/ferotagubumuwavusoladuzan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a89faea13---25545569221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=baked+brie+and+fig+jamPDF 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_off0000f09d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF09D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000108b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108B4 10680 bytes
SHA-256: a1c75c4978667338fb920c84d45d2df112a2e125c5742605109354df1093557f
font_02_sfnt_off000120e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120E3 17336 bytes
SHA-256: 6862955d9115db17600cfc7b4362461d114c862203cb3a57fd2dc3617c7cd1cb