Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3eb010ee84cacef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:35:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1ea8ef9de44b8197c3ce6d5e6ebc67e3 SHA-1: a02e5c1324969c8bb7edafde3076d38a1652bb49 SHA-256: a3eb010ee84cacefed644eefb5b42afee261972bc9386d231e1de3a75ce35233
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' indicates a high likelihood of malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing payload or malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9ad0cc87cd---lifawibasovosew.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e260e1d7326---69779126733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160937e9f2e78c---jisusomovusirabapujaxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/75118309551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjsyjdq.com/v15/Upload/file/20218291356256207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesislighting.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23178b23c224a44408b2fe902134e59a/78714387869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2952a6625c---rezuzavewavoxepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghibms.com/userfiles/files/66605181907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/92052687445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isisthailand.org/file_media/file_image/file/zexorilejavisaritub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newfieldclassof1982.com/clients/6/69/69e49ffade321d977af769e13f9f004b/File/dezexogijomumob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldartline.ua/userfiles/file/80683075068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f778a6e2a3---92835266443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilocom.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89078004306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthocarecentroortopedico.it/userfiles/files/21924119636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/161654705182ef85902ee05b06f75415/bumibomatovidevobolupip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c17a62e16---navanuwonoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6217ec32b7---28832649891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0a411832b5b2909d8a08d0552d3b81e/bemidibomaxosemos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21c088e26ef4fba5886282920ee042b8/47318503974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giriconsultancy.com/content_files/files/kilezege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8e7f98b89da465cea93fc91616dcb57/vetokefenabine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/928e853ef6777270c65d6e4396cf2237/mijured.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikhmongol.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kojasujirifujalowekajavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3c84f2f0e---fumanisatun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/sodamipudareluzaxareguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/819730bd678e4af605ba53b1145e6da2/junelomosisaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinzimoniofiumicino.eu/userfiles/files/5197959556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=rrb+mumbai+exam+papers+marathi+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_off0000e984.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE984 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 38909d1c2808dd1822a514f92d89fc12cd792d05f6eb31329555cbb125a37df5
font_01_sfnt_off0001027d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1027D 18300 bytes
SHA-256: 06fcec966080cb46c68052fc83c7dce18262272a6ddba026d77f44c6de2b262f
font_02_sfnt_off0001324a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1324A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1