Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1eb18ea9e899278c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:15:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f203527a3fa5c368f611ff71511efdcf SHA-1: 4880a82105012288c8c640ea3a7998da3531c3d2 SHA-256: 1eb18ea9e899278c65579318c423b0728e3aae3d2ba749935d1ba18baa11a915
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. The document is image-heavy with minimal text, suggesting it's designed to trick users into interacting with embedded links. Multiple URLs point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm used to distribute malicious content or redirect to phishing sites.

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://munnarinfo.in/userfiles/file/nalidadoniwusidan.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ffd30ba47cd037df1eb148a3ab4bfa5/4485746678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae56360a02deac1df9ad9d637b0c495a/ripisaxenexogojuwavota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruh-center.ru/userfiles/file/39796406655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/grtfnh0fbcm7e7vs60ie5vr90l/repot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victoryelectricalsupply.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35372419512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imosa.asia/uploads/files/202108210304394050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eco-translation.ca/upload/editor/file/72283111002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pablohernandes.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36736cf50a8c5f75d9505f5bfa8c240c/filojibelijafatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/mazolitus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnyuanzong.com/uploads/files/20210825181216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cbed086996---pubunik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxagproducts.com/upload/browse/file/74958859418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleartunemonitors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/delomowivoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hebertfamilyreunion.com/clients/3/32/3272330ca4c68e8b1120eb7f178c7a05/File/2345239905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16254074080965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecogestval.com/userfiles/file/80715943044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbef1adc772---dikefasaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba1aede05d---40137186405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a399d2c8e9a---74471491017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longvu.vn/Images_upload/files/3376848247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=cubic+inches+to+pounds+of+sandPDF 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_off0000b358.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB358 13972 bytes
SHA-256: 5d5c585f46919dfdc8e6831f05b1a5973154c96167ac8a8f99de3c0f3882682e
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5F5 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 722542688a6e89f98a5d058cadd01fccb74cf6d9c83e8978ba52072824de1665
font_02_sfnt_off0000eec1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEC1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1