Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0bbec864f00bc4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 03:16:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: afb35b4d3ddbf759ed85176c95db504c SHA-1: 3a19089f284b42e7d91865255031f76493104028 SHA-256: e0bbec864f00bc4e6edcd5b7f7d393791015551033eb62e0954f9c5cd9c5cf6c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which are part of link farms hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The heuristic PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM specifically highlight the nature of these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=farming+simulator+14+unlock+all+vehicles+ios
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/kifuvabiganisakakuros.pdf
    • https://megashina24.ru/files/files/repuli.pdf
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161418da4cbead---nenofinarufatobunuvib.pdf
    • https://asken.as/bilder/file/datifujatusikurudikavifid.pdf
    • http://zetrade.cz/userfiles/file/pigubafaradipapori.pdf
    • https://travelsafeway.com/userfiles/file/murexegamixapakiwiwus.pdf
    • https://unitedfightalliance.jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52522512183.pdf
    • http://le383.com/uploads/files/pavutemiwixe.pdf
    • http://ct-tci.com/cttax/userfiles/files/kovemozorariw.pdf
    • http://icoenergia.com/userfiles/files/29612365393.pdf
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/232cf770693edc4c11e633cdf4cfeef8/79631701627.pdf
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fd5cdb58a7---67775728388.pdf
    • https://conexus-study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/nefopoxawenebagelog.pdf
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/vaxugupidizarid.pdf
    • http://familie-schiecke.de/images/file/90381162004.pdf
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/78011674825.pdf
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161307625b4e56---gawevo.pdf
    • http://geerhannutpourreussir.be/docs/upload/files/29507303543.pdf
    • http://yarpb.ru/pic/userfile/gunibezagapopakuwederivef.pdf
    • https://jv-cms.crazy-jessie.nl/uploads/files/27996977066.pdf
    • http://aiaato.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_7B1BDBFF00A300AE.pdf
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613402a131e6f---rasamisikamirud.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_off0000db24.bin
eae56e2fec9ac0ebd31a057e02479dcd27e2ce6309d72105ddb417385877b1ba
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB24 11040 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4c6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4C6 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010cd8.bin
8e2074465b8bac7929f7a2ea70ad81d9017f13ef27a9bfc7038cd1d5e96e7136
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD8 18316 bytes