Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8eba21e4d55c95e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-25 03:13:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: acafa3a298db39a7d187ba7ec8d823cd SHA-1: d95277d89ecc7223831149f93eb64a93a701a1e5 SHA-256: 8eba21e4d55c95e73b0f90b42984b4df254a6e07d818a46c7f1a721f1f08d4c8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. The primary function appears to be redirecting users through a network of sites, potentially for SEO abuse or to serve malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/kotirimugibufukapesejixo.pdf
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d56795481---disus.pdf
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d95c197a55---zojemagivifu.pdf
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c17806ecc55---zegapajowufavumeburobija.pdf
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73a1168e301e069fd03990414c707a79/mozuxotoxasikomijiru.pdf
    • http://thegioituigiay.net/uploads/files/detusitopepitijabevez.pdf
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210516063308.pdf
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729cb340a08---pazemokipuvu.pdf
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/mijigikulodiruma.pdf
    • http://henanshuangxin.com/d/files/vesafivalaralutoxasokuf.pdf
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/xozogavipegomelujuvap.pdf
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742e446c4a8---55959657090.pdf
    • http://khamtribacninh.com/images/files/nezavelewakute.pdf
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/zorovow.pdf
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac024d33d761ee2aa1344825cc4e7e5b/forugixog.pdf
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/138f38f2c023fa9fa76a5d85c2fcfe81/gutusu.pdf
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b37747313ed---tugixo.pdf
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1bb9030d4bf9bee717cd33dc04d867a/towasuxadabup.pdf
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bed589d373e---21095761156.pdf
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba69e36d80---66645572055.pdf
    • https://healthcareadvisorsgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vned32rih4mo9em5vlimkrmg35/bejiduvonofadegiwe.pdf
    • https://masukpt1.com/contents//files/64529257519.pdf
    • https://haidangpc.com/contents/files/53633574180.pdf
    • http://pspectr.ru/userfiles/file/fevifamododuluboso.pdf
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/jezusatelofarivoser.pdf
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/40724461893.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=beginner+fingerpicking+guitar+songs+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f41f.bin
eac3b12ef6ea8e52240f614cc88f30e29114343bdaac8aedec6c42b217bb63a3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF41F 16964 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012045.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12045 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001385c.bin
423cad2df2c30873fe5ba04cf72a498a6f0bd4802f51d33bf31234dd95e43d12
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1385C 10996 bytes