Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eeb5205689781485…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 05:26:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 14afb398e48878ebd231a8cfda4952b4 SHA-1: 8091cab3cd5ae7998cef2dc73731528fd3e5928b SHA-256: eeb5205689781485c1160424833178a7e663d900463682086e18078cb386099e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. These elements suggest the PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious websites, likely for phishing or to download further payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=biologia+molecular+pdf+alberts
    • https://xtrafitcoaching.com/www/images/files/sixizoduvizo.pdf
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8b89476cf64127ede9c5db622ec0ec4/siretobenavijezilesisofub.pdf
    • http://shopabrang.com/images/files/vikuniwekibokopanirololoz.pdf
    • http://bacvietexpress.com/upload/userfiles/files/89759486120.pdf
    • http://computerdoki.hu/user/file/32022027835.pdf
    • https://lmetinternationalschool.in/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19441908015.pdf
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137237cd41bb---16733499557.pdf
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e640292091d9033292b8b23c1fd4a702/37909862474.pdf
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/28982116373.pdf
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/77503245430.pdf
    • http://cellesekorea.com/ckupload/files/wizosobokaf.pdf
    • http://artwatch.ru/userfiles/file/resaxefakil.pdf
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/874ac7cbdb7bfb554ed1e2104daa0bc1/jobuditazuzigola.pdf
    • http://njbeihang.com/uploadfile/file///2021090516465958.pdf
    • https://minhvuongthuphap.com/upload/ck/files/53405003779.pdf
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-2/20210902093128496131.pdf
    • http://motorlustor.net/userfiles/file/25260700340.pdf
    • http://xn--2-7sbddqrtdw3be6jua.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/6147835304.pdf
    • http://turatabor.hu/media/89518385805.pdf
    • https://i-try.tw/upfile/files/2021/09/11/21980343990.pdf
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84613154762.pdf
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/50910674672.pdf
    • https://chongtham68.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/53487698054.pdf
    • https://mimpiindah88.com/contents/files/43163823592.pdf
    • https://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/xilapu.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_off0000e1c1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1C1 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9d8.bin
5f5ccf9f8ec99cda968f1c9f4d6f69ba9ab9f7d842c0990f16c6f5b1357c3568
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9D8 11152 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011386.bin
c034e180bb12413aa5fa86411645ec26072993bc742e25e0e571c1bdf67708c6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11386 19604 bytes