Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eed84974c2a706e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 01:31:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 802e5d10121eda1716ab3ce91aec45c2 SHA-1: 4c071ca70c9883cce995a733d06f520296aefa8b SHA-256: eed84974c2a706e3eb570c44f6b2d47334b890f5fbffc7332d1029660f27eee6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of these links aligns with the T1566.001 (Spearphishing Attachment) technique, as the document itself serves as the attachment designed to trick the user into visiting malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d6ffc48af3---50837182307.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d20bd55dce6c1746282f5cbf434b2c2/75479623520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec1859417b---97847195433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanhungcorp.com/images/uploads/files/27298038215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8hactahfefbvco354hcukjkq0i/motimijaxusovezedujezede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nature-revive.org/files/file/koduguxikum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136ad2d40034---bavemidegawupuvonimex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioioto.store/upload/files/33373365949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modulobase.com/userfiles/file/84568672595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tofuyatogo.com/uploads/files/tevazuxofufigiwakoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freshchannels.com/home/sites/freshchannels/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96640891931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salwangurugram.com/files/pepugogamipiwekufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fyna.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28740555131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indoshaolinkungfusociety.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/logapewukoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarvodayasamaj.uk/upload/files/28648466696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mis.nrru.ac.th/gradjournal/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2445158647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/39556910670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/lamulapuloluvolijajasif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metaglas.kr/userData/board/file/mutelagugomabalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/sabazarakotiguvarupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stringquartet.biz/web/images/fck/file/seweselu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff97eccede9b37f0eb6efc97363d2ff0/43883559086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://royal-art.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/60855675159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bea2b9447f---weboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chochosanencino.com/uploads/files/30500215717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=small+house+bloxburg+1+storyPDF 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_off0000df3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF3A 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 355cbb66ce3c4a302ab87c2cb09357424752c204f32f8d3a2af16947033b2fff
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8B8 18424 bytes
SHA-256: 2ee839453fad3a5f82496c8def652f9f0918f016c1e93c9d475b46af26ca3088
font_02_sfnt_off00012919.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12919 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1