Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eee596b9bc113964…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 18:31:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6411f0affba4cdcb95f16cc6c00b3387 SHA-1: 666da38405a8b1b15ad14a0ef3553f464fecf802 SHA-256: eee596b9bc113964503a369f51d8d2b794b1bb21f5463ab36f5d1ffa0feb126f
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading malware via the provided links. No specific family could be identified.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://color-gateway.com/userfiles/file/rotubebipuwerax.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d800857293---lufevajukefamezamavebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchunghadong.com/uploads/files/fudomanuvigugowowoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reniuved.it/file/20296634441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/UserFiles/files/desexewozowida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguoigiupviec99.com/webroot/img/files/1974931553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katyababash.com/images/uploads/file/26027080380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ff28c3d57---30419643950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089ec8205940---66775685348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56a58bd612b746f6d58d9196357300e9/86113147876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42c737812614646c5a79bb8957bea3e1/41101218426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kd-council.com/upfile/files/62230451409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1d8414c5f1---38030777042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95q56120j2tpvo1k7cu8d6dve0/ripunoxiwisopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kps0o4tt38c8i1h3ipd36d9507/kovojazoromatifulujumuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmprogetti.it/userfiles/files/tapokaruvagidirijitidaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95464cc970425c5b021a52e461a457bc/81302454822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f27szerviz.hu/upload/files/zofupikapivedudozupaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a7faf0c40---dodomekebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myarrahnu.com/mo_images/files/vopilesekijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.su/userfiles/files/56187229149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/71140968955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/69656697447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zatoodesign.com/userfiles/files/rewefomizijamofiwege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=best+code+for+filelinked+2020PDF 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_off0000c5b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDC6 18264 bytes
SHA-256: 06a349ae82c1ca60b2019cbcc11004b165e56472f0fefb4a5d3bf86637ccbbf8
font_02_sfnt_off00010c7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C7E 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 48c5c2987a7f843f8e25d47302103f4e81926541239f2845b4667b4af42f5c9d