Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1eba65ff41426d4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:29:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 91c1d1099d3253c4635bf89a6ba63b4d SHA-1: 489df3fe89e7497225ad94ce51d32b02e76ed582 SHA-256: 1eba65ff41426d4a8c81d82e178d32e8e6c29b757bbe71acefa5d704181b2f8e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to obscure malicious destinations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links is a key indicator of this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfcf7a9c2d7---94259663705.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779af1562bd---makalet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/69223510363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lemanssrl.it/file/tadesawapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecsun-moscow.ru/docs/file/14251558073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51511ff944d8c0c3923e18a7bccb9845/lexutukisorujanemobafowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlovehuahin.com/file_media/file_image/file/vuwinuzetaluwivatarerer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumahbaruku.com/contents//files/10884617591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5ukpp1d24li40h8eunuvd68q3/50176999984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607695e716d87---xewanovit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1utilaje.ro/mm/file/73162635293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trovas.com/userimages/megipinukumasafatilila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonioruizabogados.es/userfiles/file/89215027062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6bb26a459---nubowutezagenovuwigapiloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33haihqml8co3ae42jmjv2kj43/tuvegewimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liftsystems.ro/LiftFiles/file/28070700409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607266a30d3f5---7555947376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610def1985835---rolulurokex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambres-hotes-aube-bleue.fr/userfiles/file/16783787756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paliukenas.lt/i/File/patuzudafifoxiloronaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptaki.info/imgekoprojekty/files/98082804453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ic.ru/uploads/file/pipaxomunapor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/216401672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universalestetic.com/userfiles/file/34691491367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=swami+vivekananda+books+in+marathi+pdfPDF 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_off0000bfeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFEB 17476 bytes
SHA-256: dcaa97111c785dfa0f87fec6b82f48d7a83bcbbc0b84d12350ff8aba08763694
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED31 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 73fc491f537c745e84d073eb04863bf608426c8f002467e7efa00541eaee109c
font_02_sfnt_off000106f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1