Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eab2b9b04380e8e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:34:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 598a078e07da5ff9742cb8baf27f4020 SHA-1: 88bb72231c758004761450b0a02fd10c79939fde SHA-256: eab2b9b04380e8e787b8532ae6ce7a57fd58f95d19487c65842c188d1430ab29
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The file's structure as a link farm is a common tactic for initial access via spearphishing attachments.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=paradigm+shift+yvan+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/38734866065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ufolep-69.com/contenus/files/4724460032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canyonoaksmtg.com/~duckdi5/canyonoaksmtg.com/content/file/4271607852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canyonoaksmtg.com/~duckdi5/canyonoaksmtg.com/content/file/xanumozowutorukojopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pokizewojevelabomomev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjhywt.com/images/upload/File/zujeduzapeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2mk8o1o5dsa97m3mgoo65jmenn/25508415000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neilreardon.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rekasexigukogizuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp72.com/clients/7/7b/7b902bee17765b19ebdde6030f24742d/File/dinumatavifabonureku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesrealsense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vanagazufugawevagakinila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6c3cf8a1ef---koropav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee23a3f839---xevevofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b398171373aecfc0b8b2660438187f8/27271527975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210715181711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtechnocrats.com/upload/file/94712851534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/fajakorosif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af894a7cd17---pudututagerasobovokot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/nimojadodemixibowuguvuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunarfactory.com/userfiles/files/nogonedifelodelemapaxape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160748d7010e43---tisisufolupuburojeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ee661a63a---58903171637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eseef3phnffkq62nl5igf54g3j/50270694623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frankslawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zosezowudoral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0f018db19---43742403408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000bfd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFD2 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 7a908a0f489d2b2b3d0d343c848a168e120ca66d2d4ae08e39f3dd28af1d14fe
font_01_sfnt_off0000d860.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD860 15208 bytes
SHA-256: 0f7932d3258958d7bbbad82377f74a01ca5c3a6b30436ef426f4a3644fe25708
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF1F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1