Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2eb5d16d61a818cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-09-14 17:29:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9ef499a5d33c619da1fc4e331577b717 SHA-1: 900d3db74fbb9d009bea63a4fac9b06a0cf59f93 SHA-256: 2eb5d16d61a818cfbc7715dbcaa913fcf4198247c583a6837d8cc1ff5237682f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious or phishing content hosted on these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2bc55dff0ab77b9cc2312396e02db21/zugekugalamolananolumi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ve80qkpdjmsa4baopi5c96do2/sezume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f302e08095---polutavefibetir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dennehylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/140906342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://culbertsonlawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/24818345048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613163dd12b20---67674901802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/jawaxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f1eb6a9942---99711315850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/28427736735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/fakararimefejiralefisesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.channeloflove.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pirafobumemokiwazed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbdc.co/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gukazozudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakesnwoodskerala.com/uploads/file/46624460520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortemadera.com/wysiwygfiles/file/tibudenetaxajujapavogus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba1678c211---getowifuguxafugabevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380a1c95857---pivodimotupejibikudul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/25080736399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161374973c9483---76199545297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://univerosg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99028822138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szguilong.com/userfiles/files/tijilubejuketepuset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarant0g3l-turbo-h1t.com/contents/files/nekoluzelilosuniporis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-group.com/upload/files/79480795425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guus.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23879440402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb732f7a960c925e507406958565bac0/vaxijizef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=seven+deadly+sins+season+5+online+watchPDF 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_off0000bb19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB19 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d32b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD32B 16364 bytes
SHA-256: 0d634e6f6414c78da91eb71f057f5b47e47cee429f476058a07674d1188cb2af
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD5F 10844 bytes
SHA-256: b1f4534930778bc21355806c887777efa41cbaf13e94cdb3f58511cf96b9af6f