Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2eb14489d647c870…

MALICIOUS

PDF

140.3 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:54:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 698f8302694f5bff543783689fc141c2 SHA-1: 77f539de6ade93f1fbd82225db9f3cccde5ca4a5 SHA-256: 2eb14489d647c870d848942adb5551f48dccf9b92b377824f45ff60f4d037d6b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external URIs and links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9782

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+meaning+of+disembark PDF link annotation
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608537ee29b5f---47716621635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://latexindia.com/userfiles/file/74151247286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0b4cd5e4b---rujepopumusegefikizebame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f5590095c---rosaraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cec-intl.ru/app/webroot/files/file/95363857937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881d8846ed3---45394342493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaget.ru/userfiles/files/14978502683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cape-electronics.com/media/file/muvolexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6esaui1fjkric1fknnd1iv2jli/jenadatuwodejudateluwezaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52ce3fa58cb3e9c6a51bee3abcb7b984/98673199447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160927955c3ae2---jimuwinerebomifafef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7bf41ea43d---72764268747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/88679361460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghaija.com/userfiles/file/vukuvub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab8e70ca434---geveletibobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c183278f7a3---pitaluzit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioneducation.ru/userfiles/file/21427368323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://se-ty.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/16768496689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160919af9036a7---fefopufugasavumivanegupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3160713fbb---8681468829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smeclassof1987reunion.com/clients/37165/File/74629511343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d1d9b9cc2---11534746270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcb8d3125a004e2c4068cdcbc7173186/bovozukupaxidiguvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03d2b134c7c40c6708d8dc2d8471c51d/75323612415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/80997644847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001967d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1967D 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 54ae17117733d01fc9f96bdbcba0c3c562f34bae8c41387ae6bc668ca1c9de20
font_01_sfnt_off0001af17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AF17 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001c725.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C725 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 79596137df69f4ea86b4d6042cb6488eba2ca257d83276008f021d0a0cb31857
font_03_sfnt_off0001ea04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1EA04 22248 bytes
SHA-256: 2172122f70710b1698b506bd386bf0487dd46b7f9cb36fad8f7a61b2c9394612