Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb10b2ac278553e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-12 11:06:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ad4124e411973559e25be735235b33c0 SHA-1: d58bb5b0da517702081070cec01ca6a8cfbe7622 SHA-256: eb10b2ac278553e1bee2b89c10968df18e3c6b45d1f6e0cf79b1c5c3dd0001ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://agapetown.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79541155530.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://slkuang.com/v15/Upload/file/202198537381538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131789b666ac.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gccde.com/downloads/blog/geust/files/73838746088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhosting4.net/media/file/lobagepuzugamugupevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://packamate.com/userfiles/kufavizimisuvadasoxejuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burelomdo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/614129097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasekurzy.cz/userfiles/file/86448521925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://27061010.com/uploads/files/202109100749127348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/powurukisuzozulejiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscalonline.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/bukotunawuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-8/20210908195955663753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/rabobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/redaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6248d7883125a22fdfe38015398c4b4/48432881508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ore-processing.ru/d/files/kemilifijumipisifufere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d4258483f1---19875119058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrdak.cc/uploadfile/files/78071037337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-3ed4d7413bdb.prshots.de/uploads/userfiles/1630897743/files/26349689298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aaar.cat/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47031788021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2kat.ru/userfiles/file/9392213581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huarui-bio.com/upload/files/selinagedalelon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lor-rostov.su/userfiles/files/65900673497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quasar.mago.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/soniwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thingstodobahrain.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84603233545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=mp3juices+apk+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_off0000e537.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE537 18644 bytes
SHA-256: 7766b3ba712c1f1e4eb8fefd33220b1cae04b491aa82379d1986ec69025f28b2
font_01_sfnt_off00011607.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11607 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 0addbbf2f10acb57525c842ba615b9d809243ff0bb1d6a371ce9a70d7e330bf4
font_02_sfnt_off00012f5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1