Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01eb20694a5828a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-28 10:52:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 699a8905581a5ea3b2994c5be9e90627 SHA-1: 60203ce1f956d798261c24fda69461bec883f1e0 SHA-256: 01eb20694a5828a497fdb26563d488948bf8dd6db1ab02643cd345c73888cd9b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure as a link farm suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://fsgzb.com/upfolder/e/files/20210704021026.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kahounova.cz/userfiles/file/93502806575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wuxihemei.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210613_065712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b64ee91897f---pojimatanef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607233f9a9897---pakevofafipemunerigidigij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fzcce.com/aimgs/uload/files/95427068322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b97f86fbf---didurupixileparovaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandwatergatehotel.com/upfile_hotel/files/21369100381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/752ce197435b73dea620b8c329f1eb58/53607699179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcfkenzi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/japuresoligo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a29dd3e5b---23762212069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc87e48d7e---wezutotarilozesasix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b90f55efffb1524a4f4eecde58e15e37/48482015161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/to552kbnkuqtc78igmerqrbhi7/80326935005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56fef60a697ca44856adba0dd540ce8e/54633701055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s-serviss.lv/userfiles/file/98238456965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/34682303362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proxus.nl/file/1290908662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/dubemodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestaerospace.com/uploads/file/wepadefixoparifelupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/566daa74038c3d04efcf05e20269ca5f/rawibosagirovisigoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b5bda7f581a3eb032baa7e298b4c010/83063393454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cke.hk/userfiles/timokilinekezijigodulur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=importance+of+delegatus+non+potest+delegarePDF link annotation
    • https://bit.ly/2N92fCPIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000edbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDBF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000105d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105D1 16204 bytes
SHA-256: 74d0783331fe419ff6314806a721bfb531c2e05794d6ab451e40de2d1d2923c4
font_02_sfnt_off00012fb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FB2 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 155dc8ca972b4bb149736346fb002fd7e6a7cad335196d8f36c8f6cadaae02bf