Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eeccea5ed2ade797…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-09-26 10:54:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 96adcc39d2903f197e1d8ffdf41e255c SHA-1: 0e92762bfbbc88db8b8704aca71ac20fa7b69711 SHA-256: eeccea5ed2ade797afd31fab3a4b4b6a6c30fb963b33217ec0b7d43494f8bbe2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or redirection attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://stpm-sa.com/userfiles/file/11464923624.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rideabikenews.com/user_img/files/gatutozudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joinvita.com/neu/userfiles/file/31686731992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanilkwanla.com/uploads/files/88628152162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21eb12dee196d5f246f8521e5a840bcb/bomufata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideco.hu/upload/file/noxajopez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://togclick.com/media/userFckfiles/file/80112663764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e7dbc85eff---pexanuvowilininojuluzex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruedi-leuthold.com/userfiles/files/69017860171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongkhamthienhoa.org/images/files/13327300862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136295065ea0---bunufitedugazat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jump360.co/upload/files/20210917213148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ae38289663---mivenut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boletin.alicantehosteleria.com/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafitisomiwagesokemixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a919b6b5d8509dd06d8b8837ff4aaf36/75569687563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/varofufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varadimasszazs.hu/uploads/files/31152452344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skatrip.com/basefile/skatripcom/files/vulawuxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozanetiket.com/TasarimAcarnet/serhali/upload/files/31266387484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nj-rshb.com/v15/Upload/file/2021922422358339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vkgnassociates.com/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/xikufuzotikozunidoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ans5680.preneed91.com/upload/files/87655374954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145406ba2f3c---27638829448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangladeshceramicsociety.com/uploads/editor/files/wariduvofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrs724.ir/basefile/drtiketcom/files/riwopawud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=123+put+lockerPDF 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_off0000b0dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0DD 10280 bytes
SHA-256: 9a90dea8cec49023d7f5d5c281b623b1f19eb132f13c6c88f2671eb0df79b514
font_01_sfnt_off0000c840.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC840 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e052.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE052 14624 bytes
SHA-256: a9bebeb76b61caa16b83deb02d068a8cc1a92f81945178a7d0857a510b7ef434