Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb0eca4d8f3e1786…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:47:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d02344fac51344cf8d7bf4548b45faa7 SHA-1: 9a2e5469d751794d6f6cbe7113901a9cf98c893c SHA-256: eb0eca4d8f3e1786a71351824b3a3b792b6bf449ee86485039ffeae94aa7ad08
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external URIs and links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely as part of a phishing campaign or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=using+and+understanding+mathematics+5th+edition+pdf
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2a67cde8dd---23830290555.pdf
    • http://shoreluxurylimos.com/userfiles/files/sibaserolawogibapud.pdf
    • http://yao-cheng.com/uploadfiles/20210626045628.pdf
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/17962604636.pdf
    • https://fetogram.ir/images/upload/files/8052186595.pdf
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v77qj5jigb53nbj4tmvqhv2nh2/talafasesigikakiwexasi.pdf
    • https://nirmalujjwal.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/labiwezovafaxarakazowovo.pdf
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e702d57afd421e007f8cbc334b48adf7/sojeduvepumiti.pdf
    • https://phuquiland.com/upload/files/80205000564.pdf
    • http://studiosimonepantaleo.it/userfiles/files/manofuxupaxiwatebiwo.pdf
    • http://azseal.net/uploads/userfiles/file/latadamigige.pdf
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ec242a3fb---xekugakitifimomew.pdf
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608797e841de4---53750154369.pdf
    • http://labonscafe.com/userfiles/zazukagazozubusijananelix.pdf
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/vuwasekemapiwidojifasow.pdf
    • http://neoneofitou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gidedaganotume.pdf
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5q8u76lkpu3e1kulc7ui8liif5/rumunozemaxiduded.pdf
    • http://lezeckastenakosice.sk/upload/files/rowetibifuraxojixirukove.pdf
    • https://educhina.mn/editor/files/13217033864.pdf
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c56b2fdbb97dddb9e0ff0350ed528e81/5262561636.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sifcku4kggue3mr6tffh8vc5b5/48191805087.pdf
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4009176392b62caf93285e1f9e8e9535/23301248261.pdf
    • https://relans-nn.ru/images/docs/file/bikedusakoxasutiliz.pdf
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0895a598b3247b32eac9e364e3dc24a/goxogulumegokaxodepededol.pdf
    • 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_off0000b22b.bin
b7554c5e408928b7983da3eee2cd663cd7a269011054dddde7f49c914f913fb5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB22B 14652 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d678.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD678 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee8f.bin
066039215ff437233cd5b7a4b1996c79676455a6feac68cc63bb26d606349023
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE8F 11264 bytes