Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2eeaab24e043fceb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 00:29:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d629e00e1adc46ad0bc0c8419811e0e3 SHA-1: c1783fc7b5a19c41b1d17887c9ca37c22008952b SHA-256: 2eeaab24e043fcebdac9e69015153a0c36aee2034a1e4e1b860dd4939c562439
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the link farm suggests an intent to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v40rk7ouptqbd7blljedb1afm4/87972475190.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c34e9e47c7e---69756433449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5484f991ed5bc375a168dcabaaa98ce5/54936111932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fab574b739d81adee13a41c3f764f73/97279944748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caryhigh1987.com/clients/41333/File/80659650957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/thnr1apknt8lf54t7h51536pv6/43550275687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cittadelmiele.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e76522bc19ae4e30e680e97e4c90a981/67106952799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c2f83e28c---vopigigotej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipsgroupjjn.org/userfiles/file/lifafozuxawalipokedezes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c24d504c052---11542806316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topinsolventa.ro/userfiles/file/51931183540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stauarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/67862004554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608104f75fcb8---96636720805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3970a2bbcd07dade95a302e291cdf47/30233835657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/sosefuxerexufaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/18370377012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d385316a4e---77466010971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9babb5ea57a3b4ca72da00abe3118a5/88868935808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607620b0f13a4---68593674318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telekommarketing.com/firme_data/files/fipumakibuzojovukivur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.groupenahno.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v4msle02jsou845lv1oqlq4vho/majozanerov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cd815feb2f03df5c301901c230e9d43/mafipetigemiveparise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentimresiklos.hu/upload/file/xunilifumoretawuguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e82141e330---votibaxigosugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=income+tax+maths+questions+and+answers+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_off0000fc81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC81 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011493.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11493 17648 bytes
SHA-256: d2c3100d63d9487cf26d3eda0fb95a568b9cca0908f4125d669cd9c9d4f322d5
font_02_sfnt_off00014309.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14309 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 5d610ad42277c7ef770b623f0b0c8e6cfff59cf2f47ba12488e21b4562e584b2