Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eda0e0aaf0e1435c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-07-18 02:52:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 472d5f7ecd4bb2bb6e55c7cd1f961fc8 SHA-1: b718baf0f4023827f7c0b8af0d2a1a30df197fb6 SHA-256: eda0e0aaf0e1435c69008b4abd4279f862ff6ab22a0bfa05f9aea4dc6d769ed4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs suggest a tactic of using disposable hosting and potentially compromised legitimate sites to obscure the final destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8390dda8eb35ba0bee84c8c425d80b45/bodijoxodugizixa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b9b0c6c48---rerubezupipeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80afc2apd5n.xn--j1amh/upload/files/25694020407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c29ddc5fa61---51115408395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peilimineko.com/userfiles/file/napexemaduwikomuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f06b641931---95350584700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/60945368492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89f5feb1602ed56f357f446f68a5d518/goluwijuvalitiwibig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmflower-kkc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kebajemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5nkaf9mb5eenlu40f48ocead3m/wepum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b8b5936cd---figebetakodojuwaralasol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/10366373311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f1018f864---57179759868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ppl2782gilhkvfmm1dite1seia/13379312434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6c97536bf6---37215394079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbdbf8fce9---50393179703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/pufobupebofebasededaxusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimomoroni.it/userfiles/files/86972739200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlandcougars83.com/clients/2/26/268573c5102cd00412bac87cee9346ec/File/14549440329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a699953a92---71630050293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608443bec31f5---76460430785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/japutusibiwunazeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattamatkapatti.com/userfiles/file/deradadumaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://natproperty.com/userfiles/files/gifapugepujidewoxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthopediedelft.eu/files/79206863730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnsonsdynastyincfamilyassociation.com/clients/10108/File/20505767892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.proyecpapel.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90088342118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=electroconvulsive+therapy+is+useful+forPDF 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_off0000fc5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC5F 16536 bytes
SHA-256: 514fb7127108cb6dd05116247d570b66bb89c641cf1e469ce53879cae33a1cdd
font_01_sfnt_off0001276f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1276F 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 55d07e5443ece2751da18d642cb8a0455412b4eb45b56461ac211e70b0520e5e
font_02_sfnt_off00014072.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14072 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1