Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1eb24581940b3a4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 13:15:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 8325e3f25b4f4de57b20191dc196bd40 SHA-1: eb64dc7e898f28b028ddf85c0a969aa0a70e602b SHA-256: 1eb24581940b3a4bbeab74dd6c3f39d0a53cdafc01783a1161214c7b938400dc
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple URLs, some of which are hosted on potentially compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading a malicious file. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://baovekhucongnghiep.com/upload/files/fisutexabibibano.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://krossi.ru/images/content/files/lubapupafexadefimakis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skpizzasubs.com/uploads/files/vagubuzedoxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613163129c4fa---81920808371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cd0afa4392---rujopon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etre-belle.su/images/file/38676176947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oppedisanorobertosrl.com/userfiles/files/74018281843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honghow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/supenolofopuvexodon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393947d0414---kaluxokirakupupirarur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuitsdartistes.eu/images/file/20176827696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gazeta-msp.pl/user_files/File/3573206516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praguynakorn.com/praguynakorn/picture/datapro/files/61728303718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatfieldfarms101.com/userimages/66907836184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hongmao.tw/uploads/files/202109081620044864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lyonsinn.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/mujubelix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tv-kitchen.ru/files/files/60871604958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joebalogh.ro/imagini_ws/64795695684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manpukuorder.com/uploads/files/nivirowov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161403b1a7ec47---85250892494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegman-kzn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8942287454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettorobertafasola.eu/userfiles/files/95146874288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synfarm.com/upload/files/30292712246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dd89633b7d---movebibidoned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://washlounge.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52752760700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dissanna.com/temp/fckeditor/file/xutetozimazini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=robert+kannada+full+movie+watch+onlinePDF 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_off0000c08b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC08B 11100 bytes
SHA-256: a3999e002dbf78365810d4ac036746320a1de2934557465ba92abde6222bd309
font_01_sfnt_off0000da47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f259.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF259 17008 bytes
SHA-256: 6db2fb71e8cd395a952f1e1acfc7e9aafb2cb6abaf3737491e966e144ba5d7a4