Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eacb0cb1703eb125…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-15 05:00:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ba4ab869d4bceea97234cd5a353356ae SHA-1: 7731ec2f49ddc790d61d52dde9576833f733008d SHA-256: eacb0cb1703eb1256f6aff9b04b24b158b5a275daddf18bcb58b96478d1d3090
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external PDF files hosted on various domains, many of which are flagged as compromised or disposable. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, potentially exploiting PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://specimport.by/files/files/86868099569.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/fubigadabosixalolugafuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agenziaimmobiliarecannavo.eu/userfiles/files/52058755380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaraeksioglu.com/resimler/files/54117706325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fra2ange.it/userfiles/files/fimox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michardardillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zeroxobitamagikemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pataniforum.com/admin/jquery/ckfinder/userfiles/files/baboludi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--z4qq44i.tw/upload/actfiles/33159393936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paron-rebondir.com/uploads/files/tepitovopoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://processwork.archerhuang.com/ConImg/files/loxiremedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cihangirhotel.com/upload/ckfinder/files/xebon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161411f0c099fb---bagojikobidawudepokamope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alcera.ca/userfiles/file/zivugotuzukefuwexosifofol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://f-kcc.jp/user_data/userfiles/files/badoxuleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebaldebaran.eu/userfiles/files/dazazudigupotolagezedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braintreeclinics.com/app/webroot/img/files/16673176813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imapbook.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/mokutoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdnchem.com/upload/files/64765873788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136eb0919729---vusumajexuzararumuxava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101balkon.ru/upload/files/327590893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marklaliberte.com/fckupload/file/sirararekuzafigafofedef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141226c6956d---golebivot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruedi-leuthold.com/userfiles/files/fupujisuvekijumolewajil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.logistiekverbeteren.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40020441481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.eu/userfiles/file/sopamimamibukuxevuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=jarvis+artificial+intelligence+pro+mod+apk+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000d11c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD11C 11196 bytes
SHA-256: 8e42efb78f3ab165c89c472771451359defae0c5ce7cf7d5c4feb5883c288ec5
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB28 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001033a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1033A 18232 bytes
SHA-256: 7e674dcc529c65069ab68aa2ef3460df76d85846226682ad7c365187c93b9b29