Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eefbcb94de1b2fda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-09-14 07:21:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c3c39dad2498d283554373bb80fb6af8 SHA-1: 787877a1f23d45ecdc51f299ce85432ace465a53 SHA-256: eefbcb94de1b2fdab44bfe460f1c04f24454dc457c3eb8531527310a336ad427
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, several of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via the link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further malicious actions beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://cinstech-inspect-survey.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/sokusuxatanafa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://delfosventures.com/userfiles/files/repukakovulubesuwajom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613591c63617b---jusufus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unibel.pl/pliki/upload/file/gixotomabutiwugem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/33598024837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiancfea.org/userfiles/file/josupubeziba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://currenwatch.myhost360.cn/file/upload/files/09-12-03-34-25-79.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fda05465c6---40074439063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiroyoung.com/data/files/doxuzudeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71bf6d9a44092dc49725c8d12ac7e384/66960717488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alwaysshine.com/fileimage/file/wonevajijuligesurixamarat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danchrisjewelry.com/userfiles/file/zofepukunigunov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3255960210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vagyonvedelemszolnok.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/rejebubofewekulimajebagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artistprasanna.com/userfiles/file/zekoverezowoxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fexovawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regimhotelierbucuresti.com/images/userfiles/budagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e99b1e21859176efb532c915ff4e412/32399948007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--oy2b19v1mb1yi.com/userfiles/file/wanalawiwuwogabizafoxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbcom.fr/ressource/site-image/files/muxaromewobatabizuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/22486078151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d5feddc836---pimuwesowowatopobaravawis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://culbertsonlawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vebabuvuxemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abaj.cz/UserFiles/File/xolidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlas-consulting.ro/fckeditor/fisiere/file/68734304623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueleaves.ru/userfiles/file/1981177101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=mha+season+5+episode+3PDF 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_off0000ec3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC3C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010453.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10453 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 3b03c2a1387dc798cf78f1f54ee96fc1b685ce598745cbca0602ad5a0fb9acf1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C48 21812 bytes
SHA-256: 8e0d553d1bc295cbe31c5f0683de2e9a2d0813e1494ade46d0c2e1c2f8fe8dda