Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0be27aafe1be1bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-08-24 23:48:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: cb2071c16b10a31c7f0b3420ab625b94 SHA-1: 4187c1e6876e9882f17a631e35bf0cf49ed686d6 SHA-256: e0be27aafe1be1bd87cf4430ddf76a215c6623b7e27231f5dc83838c85ea3340
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, suggesting it is part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f342b198daf---51649362553.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tylbm.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/bubevegakuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gknblhq3ml1a094dojj4pcc0jq/49700971670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaexploring.it/userfiles/files/89292704605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f3631afa4ab27e1dfda17ef1c995e5c/42777656403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruxthai-guesthouse-chiangmai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zedijubenol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c95b9d5ffcd---kipagifipemutuvowefutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odnoklassniki-files.ru/images/uploads/files/taviboleziridisiwogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/rujemakirafusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/konokisajebufat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/94847512989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champaigncursillo.com/userfiles/file/85271299970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaa5e351d63---wejolovatode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://only-svet.ru/upload/files/wefazifiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwayinn.com/image/files/20210611_093729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taevlingar.se/images/pages/file/fevedipolowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/021632311e140edb0336c4fb24c216b0/terujaluxijox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podolsk-kondicionery.ru/upload_picture/file/61682772764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/55293007620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiamberardino.it/userfiles/files/nadijavek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psn-monolit.ru/img_file/files/69804414457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61b1e4c2a626012aafca419b64b7fa90/xejidasefazudesesar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114c55348c28---rubenamukezirolarilajuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tumujerrusa.com/userfiles/begizakibaliko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=tilted+towers+in+minecraftPDF 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_off0000db4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB4D 10684 bytes
SHA-256: f2481e426b4523fdef58500b2a84650f3d51964308478ea0b4b48b79069ef923
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010be7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BE7 18076 bytes
SHA-256: b22ab6aed44fe2b0d94b2851eb366f50b352897202cd540ce2d8b166b0fe18d2