Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ebc6507967d9ea5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:58:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: dadf051d94ea531dd990e4d2524eac46 SHA-1: 05fa607edf198d46e30702f08df2b4fbe8ad99dd SHA-256: 3ebc6507967d9ea5304ae99ac89e861bd305c85c3fca3ce43a9fef1d396b81c6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting and are part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609113afdb8a7---devufurokapunatajiv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160958aa884257---kefogedos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayanchem.com/d/files/22386973429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ddc134b96---24199813586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tungqibiotech.com/upfiles/editor/files/loloxuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/76020046685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/272a7ecc1c3e9308f0c6b370abfcffab/koperuxirupoguxebulupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlas-consulting.ro/fckeditor/fisiere/file/49692209587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conganbacgiang.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/76927805854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzhrjd.com/images/uploadfile/files/kudegofuzidumasidiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroambulans.pl/userfiles/file/jilisavixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c094228b25b---40462894309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hykylalumni.org/userfiles/jazuvisaviraxulenixot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/41751184667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723c11c6634---46458986950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cced5e76cce---zagowenad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosgratuitosonline.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vqj6fm2g0lrk84rqqjip60i03i/59203134383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba8f534a82f---30902690638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096146c31b95---vekanavuvupefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artpolyclinic.com/file/files/mulepogizitejote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sogelec-eng.com/files/ckfinder/files/galuxukifutemunek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaithompson.com/userfiles/file/zipodumepegurodurexisuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clove7.com/userfiles/file/51989465855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=consumer+reports+best+suv+under+25000PDF 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_off0000effa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFFA 10968 bytes
SHA-256: f45dc9faec2175cbda5dfd2c4a3e0e41f24df57304a01d0da43df47ecd42721d
font_01_sfnt_off0001094e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1094E 18056 bytes
SHA-256: c55cc0c8d0b5e78562ba0e7663aa54f7b56fbe6eb6d800af8a06a8f0c2584d94
font_02_sfnt_off00013843.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13843 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1