Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee014d346f4792a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 08:25:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b50d0a1526c78524a2016240237f5361 SHA-1: e16ca56f9dc78415d25fa67ff6858a4182d13928 SHA-256: ee014d346f4792a84696e76dcbb4240200358778a5db5108071e8464fdef91e6
172 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 delivering malicious payloads. The PDF also features a visual download button and numerous links pointing to compromised or disposable hosting domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://beautifulhairstore.com/upload/files/jejimelosugiduvi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://holyfamilyhospitals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xexawigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.fr/file/5534982048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villapellegrino.it/userfiles/files/91289941176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abyss.sk/userfiles/file/26825002590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/pifenuwaxereneradomeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safetyhanoi.com/userfiles/file/zirazexovabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://299-45.com/CKEdit/upload/files/85000702887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/di9djg25b479moja993e9oe412/jigomusozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cngwalk.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/60704438392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tzsunup.com/upload/wipexepiromaser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jasmijnbloemengroen.nl/userfiles/file/33383530023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130506c25b10---69992052414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tivafa.hu/upload/file/35424893604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beming.com/ressource/site-image/files/64812751797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614225759156d---88927717426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delta-serwis.pl/pliki/nifizilibojejewitatesibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villkasz.hu/editor_up/89726182651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ed7ad25890---57460478266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btegypt.com/file/mugawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marikakozmetika.hu/editor_up/69790883890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mldom.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/17855416435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzhangqin.com/uploadfile/files/delinupogerimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanchang.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mukudifosuxozepibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watchimport.eu/userfiles/file/50800084287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+rom+playerPDF 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_off0000e2dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2DD 10260 bytes
SHA-256: 7b3baa266a02bb1ae60d05ca4fc7e26dc76cf7ec5817385a72b865a2baa68892
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9E9 18452 bytes
SHA-256: d5e6ded56be6255a9a7d4757ce0725f27436fbee207da42ccfe2dc2fa34b036b
font_02_sfnt_off000129e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1