Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee8cb7c240b07337…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 01:05:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: ecaa352bee0f1a08582eb1d6deecf675 SHA-1: b63b0223eb4cccad98e3832e091415527e69fdea SHA-256: ee8cb7c240b07337e1246be2cacfa37b4d6c6ed18a0af81dc5cef41343b87f6d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection 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 http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081495689187---puwawadejuvafuti.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc7baae1bfe---kujunokijafinadike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b178dfe50c87096cf822ad889e5b4aa/vosawuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f5aa5598c---jovewogudolegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2912cb89f6---12085188524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://invest.pl/userfiles/file/79821677031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotossc.pl/_files/file/76112174068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alajuusa.eemedia/contents/file/dopika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kentcliffordreunion.com/clients/a/aa/aa84b18e55fac3ff3c25336c5005d9e5/File/gizofosumiziwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cwesp.biz/upload/file/vefexiwivawinebagise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ddbf0e42e---simafivobazelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/sidirenadowadiwopuponunaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sghscsjamarai.org/guruhargobind/userfiles/file/metadodotegawemapinil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lynxitservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88805236656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aynadakikemalizm.com/resimler/files/35071245299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92ccecd08cb109e78bf2fc7bb498e51f/95811870226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ownlines.com/upfiles/file/wapixokikukinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouwservicewinthagen.nl/userfiles/image/file/59695854753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/jesumakebakomuxosudodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/tupari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae2d76ada95---suxamilarezas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/egu30s2q5pks452qjlflbac8h2/9800584121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pioneerlift.com/upfiles/editor/files/29229145833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af5eef7449d---7885505749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/415569fc155a3f95abf547fe544a84e6/lasunozadirimugutufisolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+a+high+boiling+pointPDF 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_off0000f212.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF212 10432 bytes
SHA-256: 69a707c4e316161290169a14bc0ff8641cfc6ce6991424af46ac200d37f49cb5
font_01_sfnt_off00010965.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10965 19528 bytes
SHA-256: dfc8ff05777a922889ed208844723d3032fdd698c061dbb459dea6dd24ed870a
font_02_sfnt_off00013b35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1