Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ebba92367d3616f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-07-25 03:41:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 510dff92404df0253764599d96c73b49 SHA-1: 598915e4040c9af7a1d764acb5a2281be0b1b1fe SHA-256: 0ebba92367d3616f78a7e1516d3761117fcf715064025e00f3a89378a7af654e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be part of a link farm designed to manipulate search engine results. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple suspicious URLs points to a watering hole or redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/35948670144.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://teormech.ru/teormech/usrimg/file/gobagoxufuwoputabojit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/77432560114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iav6kgrd6iibsib2t07qhe8gie/porigulodefotajivum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5206ba4ff85a97068ba122cc17af0a7/78651956403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/popajimebevefasudepawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f78c27355---24358103258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/femekepel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef72287946---9381909537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/voxilebonemepojudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ototavandosemesi.com/resimler/file/nazaxiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cba5a0c9337---43219260091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c838f0245da482f60ceede32fd4f52ae/rinovobim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f014eb667d---47862227354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forma8.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bonani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb334b328c735ea309ca7bfd00ddc9b1/2401135916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burstallconrad.com/editor_files/file/livadodamamiramopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/jigetubijozituregowav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcimx.com/files/97304221018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukorbetegshop.hu/files/vidosaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094342fb0b73---44784496899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/nilapoliki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocquyhiem.com/userfiles/image/file/berazoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///xifupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reachcast.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fab78f42b2cdde49f5f50a59ea9e008e/61323421902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+psoriasis+and+eczema+look+likePDF 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_off0000f460.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF460 17116 bytes
SHA-256: 693eefc89137541b4cfb25ca7a4b11d02a52932f05e01093ddd2f16c5d545011
font_01_sfnt_off000120fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120FC 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 70067fc804367b5dd556f8dcd82c69c400c2ce3e8450c20f7eca2c7703796225
font_02_sfnt_off00013a21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A21 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1