Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eeec42d8f18e5db3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 00:10:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: bf10f3bf552bda56d32cea4bd6323802 SHA-1: 47d8fcb90ebdd60214e80904ddfab1e8117367b9 SHA-256: eeec42d8f18e5db3411f740b895c915421d01aac9fba8df8ba1a86895f08468b
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript and link farm suggest an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://evermoral.hk/upload/file/1628424487.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ad6408662---26366038738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://algeos.us/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wivevupupegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/843b57b00bdb1f8c2febde4791518d04/xefukidifivedupolix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad193bdf7f05c7070a52dbbc72629c66/rewogeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76ebdf8a68bcd3465fafe026fa23371c/65473970538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/770b08ddcdddefda20ef291d014bc347/10493701007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazraeir.com/images/upload/files/18332583467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e83747cd82b1d805b48307183fac87d5/radujisetejeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608865d621564---xazelifekip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divodizain.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78614455065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ocmmme3d2671a00m3vj2g7ijh/wuwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6097614cd---31852307867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulanceservice.pl/userfiles/file/rovewijunofesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5djgj7jaubnp9t6s34js81erg3/sipekubufuxarixunudexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spoilersmensgolfclub.com/clients/865201/File/52807294008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oddluzanie.net/userfiles/file/bovenutijupuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762b52281c3---dabiwulugewizalunipuripi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926a26ab872---15296828612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furniture83.com/upload/files/pitixufav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davcpundri.com/css/file/14662201184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dianthusindustrial.com/resimler/files/doriwidavamebutobavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteplacementagency.com/uploads/files/12689620948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/48610468224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabagdasarov.ru/upload/file/76979476743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=bticino+interphone+manualPDF 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_off0000d745.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD745 10624 bytes
SHA-256: b6e7b2c71615ff747b9cf3576ec9ff9c357ab52ec89f359607c9a436fd6596f5
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF59 20752 bytes
SHA-256: cc44e41bedff866e4748c0d4237c36097b01f79f77f087adff7e186b5bf27b92
font_02_sfnt_off000124a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1