Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eeb1aada019089d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-29 10:12:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 38da8a19e1ec5d353b19923e997d6f27 SHA-1: 024292922e295a00230cea5bc45d60dd68de8001 SHA-256: eeb1aada019089d7e0421ed951b8f718714463487b691d59640ba7eef961cf60
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on disposable domains and appear to form a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=moon+river+piano+sheet+music+pdf
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moruxoteronutarezekemet.pdf
    • http://gniortho.com/files/Upload/file/50867395420.pdf
    • https://biomisszio.hu/tmp/kilajazufimelojetov.pdf
    • http://air-ned.com/uploads/files/junixux.pdf
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/51719535122.pdf
    • https://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/73196500355.pdf
    • https://sluganarodu.org/userfiles/files/55614656954.pdf
    • http://cukiernia.eu/upload/files/8106095692.pdf
    • https://patoman.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xenusalunodoluramotijuz.pdf
    • https://superlitefan.com/uploads/files/fafenub.pdf
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rfpadn8acv2c27jbjd5murijc0/pekufalitolede.pdf
    • http://zlzljc.com/uploadfile/file///2021090122570463.pdf
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161358ad07667f---64578188459.pdf
    • http://www.mousumibanerjee.com/fckimages/file/tunalugazotiledod.pdf
    • https://vendax.ro/files/file/kijexujidunotemexegol.pdf
    • https://meesens.be/KrMee/Tekstverwerker/nizadadowewi.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614af5c9cad20---82240354919.pdf
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07f1smq57shuoua0fb4q3d3310/tegisozijunez.pdf
    • http://e68momo.com/shopadmin/upload/files/paruwolu.pdf
    • https://songhong-thudo.com/img/files/72851397953.pdf
    • http://knuhpharm.kr/userfiles/file/20210906065059.pdf
    • http://fuzoku-kyujin.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53914971148.pdf
    • http://feminella.ro/upload/fck/tesugalesopumut.pdf
    • https://grupo.iberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39691734571.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000af61.bin
eeaca17336dd796a2f3768492da6fc8fc264645eda499f988ab164ee2419f6f2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF61 14816 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4de.bin
8b109c34caa0942101313fdadd54cf903da47c18e7117f46c7f5fc111caeb9ad
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4DE 10996 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee40.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE40 16792 bytes