Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb1379f4e4002c42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 06:06:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 05d8b1cc798dc791630ab7b27afe1394 SHA-1: 54db1df1178a9ebd7c57a2757bc34d8d337b75c7 SHA-256: eb1379f4e4002c427644ea306616bb0dd8e519c568da7f4fb4d838dbb6d26e92
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or payload delivery, while the link farm aims to obscure the final destination. The presence of multiple unknown URLs suggests a broad distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://promtour-rural.ro/userfiles/file/14735298738.pdf
    • https://e-room.co/userfiles/file/fokuloni.pdf
    • http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/rupam.pdf
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/jitekanelajideti.pdf
    • http://songhakbbq.com/uploads/files/32226148923.pdf
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/88654608523.pdf
    • https://eletmodguru.hu/files/files/93566875155.pdf
    • https://epgeptech.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98027989207.pdf
    • https://trungtamgiasuhcmmq.com/uplaod/quangtri/files/1483477171.pdf
    • http://stopguepes72.fr/userfiles/file/zoketudufiko.pdf
    • http://p-energo.ru/content/file/73537832863.pdf
    • http://aygroupmuh.com/image/files/kedabawojesibuxe.pdf
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137451ae661c---zafegofido.pdf
    • http://zespolbahamas.pl/zdjecia/file/17071541402.pdf
    • http://theprojectmanagement.guru/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5236588214.pdf
    • http://monikaknoblochova.com/userfiles/file/56965915132.pdf
    • http://cu-hinothai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ligawufuvipix.pdf
    • https://interativacorretora.com/fotosempresa/files/99902143383.pdf
    • http://psychologyforeverybody.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24298643148.pdf
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5081864a98c237d8b05ef4e8b590eb64/ripojizuxu.pdf
    • http://bighost.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/velotanexaso.pdf
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161423a2c3c415---45465171797.pdf
    • http://shacklefordlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jonodelademabagilavefetip.pdf
    • https://apra.pl/files/file/30772976068.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=nawigacja+na+androida+forum
    • 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_off0000f715.bin
23d8a056671a7f6a97c9a5db42930f0a1997f2c25246ee5ee07c3961f8d69be3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF715 18048 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000124f4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124F4 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013d0b.bin
d9247402f1eb88ed4628fbfc26b7c1c074ac8aa96cdb068ff9d9f24661f9b106
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D0B 10668 bytes