Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eedaac6d2972fa3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 14:22:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d1fcde380671fb910d23f24727c0ac21 SHA-1: 62dacfb65c889e0b81da0d50f8dd837900b2f496 SHA-256: eedaac6d2972fa3d54755191b7ccdc7b92c91acdbb8903b29e07a1b690794090
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and the numerous extracted URLs indicate that this document is designed to redirect users to potentially compromised or malicious websites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a phishing lure or a downloader for further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://podushka.by/files/files/dupijawa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://signika.pl/Upload/file/98623571730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84b5c0760f9bc9a38a3e2946bb52e2be/serelugim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/46432437722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tu2j6q2stkss7frdblec6eib4n/radibagupimeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenline.bg/userfiles/file/37426050816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6941c781c918097a7017e41ec4f4ef95/fapunuradumazonizexunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fenotropil.ru/userfiles/file/52523921699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/vupowemibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/pifojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resortcrimea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kejokapirigopemabises.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d5aeb52df---velurujajonomiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/95540025473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sergeybazarov.ru/file/jutuxilurutixem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7hbiflg3c0ngns44g9ok9h2v55/todamawikilade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1eb69afdfa989d8aef798915041e12ca/pulutukasadaraminodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/45904930762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/73715460688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02a40ae23e29a028fbd52a4b8c9d3afe/waxabigegebowoxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/246ef4ce928f756945f47a741f8dfc2d/46408986537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hausbootgeiseltalsee.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7h5e3c5ma06jsb4brd3nkra23i/vilogobodure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/19032575174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ee59738b9cddf793684691386d970b7/zasituvini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.c-l-r-p.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30869627980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ithaca1966.com/clients/8/85/85e9e0a76fddb83d7689cebc6ab07fae/File/85940992917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210428081653123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/her1u078ph9m9t7haie9jslaf2/26444877578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=honeywell+round+heat%2Fcool+manual+thermostat+%28ct87n1001%29PDF 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_off0000dc5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC5B 18292 bytes
SHA-256: def7b3e741c65c8caeb8845df3b7600141d063a535ac3bd7b5d33f54a117958d
font_01_sfnt_off00010b39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012350.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12350 11456 bytes
SHA-256: e5dc836bc32403be9c9226893a0c79a3342b346ead1c1b92576498f7aaf2d484