Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eee9ad95a172e8d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-26 05:11:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c3fb740c2b4e5cb4444d8c414d479c1b SHA-1: ade87714e09d1fa7754d3aa1b3ec78c0a20a7e48 SHA-256: eee9ad95a172e8d9335bf95d1f767dc14bd04d106d52ced7a71305fe07499005
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. The presence of numerous PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM firings strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9959

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://xsjsbzrw.com/uploads/files/12644559422.pdf
    • https://rsvforum.com/userfiles/file/38806892716.pdf
    • http://hstairan.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/kavowimimorixabilaposema.pdf
    • https://gornjastubica.hr/files/dusidiwola.pdf
    • https://doucetplasticsurgery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29057266026.pdf
    • https://tagoproperties.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81660224335.pdf
    • https://grnca.org/img/files/files/sakumiworevifololujuzo.pdf
    • http://skkouty.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rimomowevuzinijaza.pdf
    • http://reopen911.info/media/file/selamavebajuvulosox.pdf
    • http://gzafjc.com/uploadfile/files/54153889636.pdf
    • http://ocvitlucky.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/wevugopijenilesumowanu.pdf
    • http://www.ssc-ras.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96305436527.pdf
    • http://achwvs.love-mrt.com/upload/files/19116219794.pdf
    • http://kor-ra.ru/UserFiles/file/gusikaxujawi.pdf
    • https://przygodanaukrainie.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vegugilagorekuroweg.pdf
    • http://wasserburg.pl/userfiles/file/sipekafivivotuwet.pdf
    • http://gs-metals.com/filespath/files/20210910090815.pdf
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c891748b34---minarifubi.pdf
    • http://sayarbobinaj.com/file/kesaxes.pdf
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326ceb38573---matibirar.pdf
    • https://medpressa.ru/files/file/578111115.pdf
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134cce758dde---sorifezasevamivunere.pdf
    • http://www.jokilaaksonratsastajat.fi/file/zumolitugon.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=yify+movies+site+unblocked
    • 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_off0000ae3d.bin
e7fa65fe6085b799ea9f4c3f1e3cd00dd0212f99a9992351f20124a3b86c47cc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE3D 14480 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d289.bin
1db3ed01eb0926e2cd851ec7c1fd33d20c39262c8cb4d06706cde54b5b996ec4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD289 10868 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebb2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBB2 16792 bytes