Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eca8d0cf44c6f6d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 17:19:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 71cc3a163bb38219b980ea9afe2126d4 SHA-1: 15c8e9b5c1640b9d1e66b8611fcbf3ba987b6082 SHA-256: eca8d0cf44c6f6d3904c578462cca9e9f16238f3200985f03066656dd1c820d0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of multiple links pointing to various websites, some of which are identified as link farms on potentially compromised CMS uploads, indicates a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://spy-military-labs.com/userfiles/file/18547942952.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://juvelyrikoscentras.lt/Files/file/geputegokiwolarejotefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgrappresentanze.eu/userfiles/files/lorozepidufemalawagap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/ropefepixomovidowez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133a73eae75d---28086771160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-leather.com/radsportfiles/file/33770104298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pattarasawat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gizepelavaxopav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gongotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210910_DD246AB4F84C0AF0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamedunyasi.com/calisma2/files/uploads/fenimanarapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obasekiestates.com/UserFiles/file/2086126970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161305908d35b1---mabamas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newshieldinsurance.com/demo/gsa/final/images/file/vevogoferavezamuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoannalisatinelli.it/userfiles/files/wabazuzarijozumutijebiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhhyhb.com/uploadfiles/files/61305393764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naoshima-tours.com/images/blog/file/20696192531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ondebiz.com/userfiles/file/44562434634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web-news.eu/www/pkpar/userfiles/file/93462944893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdbakademi.org/userfiles/files/32587812067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anchor-m.com/js/upload/files/68135765485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1781fb5da77318fcb6d235ae579fc94/vogomuzofawazotedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28a46754a0c339b03cd8453c0e640ad3/senuwolubivadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thephinhmienbac.com/upload/files/koladopoxutigogedumukol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessvaluationapp.com/fck_files/file/43830262160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikanderajam.com/Robinson/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xojisatoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=membobol+password+wifi+dengan+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_off0000bce9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCE9 10964 bytes
SHA-256: e4d889f008e6c5c47a898d1531f960946159658b5d8b998ffaafa09309f2a44a
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000edfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDFD 16584 bytes
SHA-256: 19eaca768ddd252cf212c0459d28581acae03053cfb38e370ed71fc220ccd17b