Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb00b632f84c38dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-06-25 17:13:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 67498ca205649d6407fa7cb30693654a SHA-1: 012b68917b7ed7fb6d3179368e9b2d2ea85a95c1 SHA-256: eb00b632f84c38dd5203ca1ff641ea5f90880fca80fb98650012e0d44e357ce8
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. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites, likely to facilitate the download of a secondary payload. The presence of numerous links on potentially compromised CMS uploads suggests a tactic to obscure the true origin of the malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.nexidia.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6b635c44c092e491e8c415e2c4cbfd6/99345130370.pdf
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/2374818610.pdf
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hv627a1fohkueh05c1gk9o3mb7/64179167827.pdf
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c576373431a---ranumesikowogifigivati.pdf
    • http://bienbao.org/uploads/files/fejufugomuponixezi.pdf
    • https://jf-orvalho.pt/userfiles/file/lofuvinoxazelubaxawi.pdf
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9114773920de5fd11382015b166603c4/70634216290.pdf
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqvegpj6380mdple67b9o7ck6a/41388562286.pdf
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/070b0deb5ba60f28f6d525fc0fcb896f/detapakijezonasen.pdf
    • https://migger.dk/userimages/file/72058314464.pdf
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160963741214e3---71526813723.pdf
    • https://cjsc.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98429447335.pdf
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b88916a86---namagonix.pdf
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01fae9c3881bbcb41eaa1924a8b0c605/94057164233.pdf
    • https://palezieux.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nixakuduzobanobijuvidized.pdf
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f4ab889d2e936c35ccf9c7557ab56ed/fefomu.pdf
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/besotejimurasidofodojuri.pdf
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5dc1330661---vafefegewe.pdf
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d6816f933---biwebududezimebi.pdf
    • http://morethancars.nl/uploads/edytor/file/36126629014.pdf
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcc44428037---bewimigikasa.pdf
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ef2bec94f34cb43381d9dd87549ac19/14011160739.pdf
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r66uaum06279gpqdq38bp6rm36/63150848645.pdf
    • https://businessservicesuk.com/userfiles/file/bepuwozoru.pdf
    • http://www.teeintact.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/file/99997200678.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=occupancy+agreement+form
    • 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_off0000e9d9.bin
67e6d137707ecca29105bcdbca419ed064609796895112d719fda333c86bbe7b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D9 16744 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001155c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1155C 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012d73.bin
f01cfa8e5476e5a5012bb24adac58b84092459338971e2d08d42ccdd45e8e98b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D73 10756 bytes