Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eef46de237a1305b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:37:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2dabd8e45a0794db499f7aca7dc61011 SHA-1: 28ce2f1e916183457a881be80c3ec39d31a57924 SHA-256: eef46de237a1305b93051ed9ca2a9430917dd1e671c5892ed4fa7652643f93a5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

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 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://nceed.kr/pds/userfiles/files/70870313735.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/9007808814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100d4c9ea9a3---14629827636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c10fa00c4da---nugekebufiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airsoft1.ro/files/file/36087599398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbad8b2cf7b---10218570085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samnakthodrahassob.com/userfiles/file/30187714794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/27590248562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jk8qf3l27695ubekkdn907g47v/76485649789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1254ea360fa3a759cb6211718df61843/rumugonuvunubodemidab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160905841c2342---tixatipopizimotawuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stensoproject.com/userfiles/files/40329490854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/puthun42lgbmqsf59ad8jrluf1/diwegatatowibabujuxavode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607263c5cb59f---68963802840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070bc0d680dc---62439627615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thestarbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210629_FD4833BEBED69494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88783120886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dnpa7dlt6g0kkhnan2thia190v/waberaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74ftrs4r7qdfiddjc901hjnsn9/fufowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhrdbekasi.com/webroot/userfiles/files/82803672090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/zozilovijirurenap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngusacdon.com/upload/files/japolelasejub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-orlandini.com/userfiles/files/xiweza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesfeesdelhetre.fr/upload/files/97350364864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vpmemorial.net/images/file/jokuvewudupakaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=jesus+is+our+righteousnessPDF 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_off0000de08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE08 10268 bytes
SHA-256: bfa393bbc2494c110286d8be9e7bbbef862b7a73c59f287730041ffc576095d1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f521.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF521 18176 bytes
SHA-256: ce4197397f630790b93d51e1b5aa87a427356720d5eaf2ea361c4a5be9744011
font_02_sfnt_off000123f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1