Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eab4babd01e14b04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-13 05:14:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 4c2a4949c4190ef77f955689bcff6908 SHA-1: d6670ddb92516d65c3fb35cadca890e770ca3fd2 SHA-256: eab4babd01e14b04ad7a2eb7d14c23e8ac06f7049c265b0bae35686d01d14280
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=file+60fps+pubg+mobile PDF link annotation
    • http://tcsklife.com/filespath/files/20210903105445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d253c5e8a2b2f7a8764354ffd039790/dirokedikiritun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161389cb480ed3---61546171361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwpetersburg.com/uploads/files/mesopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globomax.eu/userfiles/file/wemelewomarinatiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3drm.bg/uploads/pictures/files/19793422700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpm-sa.com/userfiles/file/xutuvonavibowimituf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce1ad2ca07---vefuzozapitifoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.protectakoteasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mabudaxejenerib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeloosschinkels.be/userfiles/file/kigupomixaraderike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dda6571af2---18954929399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuklearmedizin-amro.de/userfiles/file/joxemosetalarogunopelana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab5c9gfj9h9bfpbabbhkq60uh4/jexadopokosuzaxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velomagazin.hu/UserFiles/file/ludadovozopudavoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lg-palette.com/upload/files/xinupomawogatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livelyway.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17352776864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctners.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93604094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wixoon.hu/upload/file/25957720938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupekheidri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tamijoret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplo76.ru/uploads/file/rubisidubesijodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htapigroup3.com/contents/files/mibunubevelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plaschke-partner.com/uploaded/file/bojumogiwixemitugutanino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chornakorn-packing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44039701184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilatesyoga.hr/files/files/35444738748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phnews.ro/files/file/53089554529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/09/11/file/20210911_160039_162.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_off0000d275.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD275 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 8201fb64f679fd763166c02473ee36bdfdca73665941aece5c0827c41bab9f29
font_01_sfnt_off0000eaeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAEB 18188 bytes
SHA-256: 5866d9c38f4e601004a4cc19cbb6834031769e344fc42d430bc7d67ba55ea63d
font_02_sfnt_off00011a48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A48 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1