Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ebeee8295fa72b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-07-18 04:35:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 748818ba13d3dca76c6585345dc0b30e SHA-1: 829443aeb3b403071bfa546365c0dc5ec09e97b0 SHA-256: 1ebeee8295fa72b6267cd6b69330f93429bbb74ba644c8ba19f97491b8484648
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. Heuristics indicate this is a link farm, likely used for SEO manipulation or to host phishing content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded links serving as the primary attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pdl8lhl50u5erok2jc9g92fudq/vadetetunibubiv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c94ce94d2b9---galuwinuxuvuzeselofam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namjapizza.com/app/webroot/files/gofotabituxuguzigilado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2503b2b2bf---81622198140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dono8g78pia6snlsslb6osqcc4/mowopifat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/wenurudetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfe9866f5c45e25e345172543fa3207b/80745494376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2e1bf3ddb4148b96a976263d0e92abe/81431292656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5979dccbcd757a852d642905b4b6401/16135166539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3edcb75d0e233dc09771e4c972843043/jurokefujujegeseka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18460955d7746b776cc3df0e5761b31d/sizugavanuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744204f2205---nimovovagiteladezepewaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee773c63275---13528076260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traiteur-troyes-mariage-buffet-aube-10.blaisot-traiteur.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kigal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepnguyentran.vn/media/ftp/file/1132533467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/29507033876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d33ddabe5---zoragirasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea49d2c3a0---59002341849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i7gl867cgvscdv24k7heofkqj7/senumuwumekud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/29478446578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/loberovar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c310682a22---51528330345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b36faf91c---87820447418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotravenzolo.it/userfiles/files/79520216225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=ullmann%27s+encyclopedia+of+industrial+chemistry+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000c8fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8FC 11228 bytes
SHA-256: edb95d269dec4589283f56f364102b491fb183ae4aafe6cac380cdf4742d92cd
font_01_sfnt_off0000e330.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE330 16816 bytes
SHA-256: bbb2efe5b0e51562e8fb8674256ef491a3ee436289597579687f9c10eee7350b
font_02_sfnt_off00010f30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1