Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb180746cffe894e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 15:35:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9aa603cf71746a4132c3383e2f496c7d SHA-1: f904418483e12fbe8dda6c3ccd69403f585e1635 SHA-256: eb180746cffe894eb3c8310d774cebabe194b1c1d440d6e64bb6df97e5156c21
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm on disposable hosting, likely to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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.
  • 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://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cd40e6e2eb---bunutonexol.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64831facc6f6dd76842a5ab96135ac28/kikogesitatif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72139069278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161388b03b90b6---koxasikam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockyhotelsgroup.com/uploaded/files/rivokinokexixafulob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcyy88.com/userfiles/file/2021090312334273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uklearningnetwork.com/userfiles/file/13133605870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/sotofesivawegewevexobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosantese.eu/userfiles/files/tavunim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baobiachau.com/luutru/files/sokomiborevenaxepen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8911386663ce60db63eded8c64bf0d42/77542937403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fermobkorea.com/userfiles/file/20210914142407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dental-forum.ru/userfiles/file/bivuwidevisisux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonfiremadigan.com/uploads/fckeditor/file/87319365008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propertiproperty.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/muxiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdauvietnam.vn/upload/files/vuradami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wroclawmodelshow.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73139622543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-fryazino.ru/upload_picture/file/31746553949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dagmarsvendova.cz/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xedigow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hfj5bp900bqppcjusl9fg9agb8/femuvogitijonejeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twgo8.com/uploads/base/files/202109020856169906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8391fe4cb687292ebc7a0efb49a7f4e/51107794853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.afoa.org.ar/backend/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98839065729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aed586f890---miweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geerhannutpourreussir.be/docs/upload/files/jemezejuvanubop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=base+de+donn%C3%A9es+access+sous+androidPDF 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_off0000d9ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9FF 10528 bytes
SHA-256: 0e7d69f8d16983200a8655a40e6319dd42b487d138fbe2a828d61f5e881a071e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C1 19220 bytes
SHA-256: f721c8be6ece18cacfa82e2ed9a47b289e2aef067af8eccbf3c1b7e509635f73
font_02_sfnt_off000121f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1