Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb1dec3b801d92b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-07-05 23:49:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 9f6c5dc31a44ece191b8485f56772189 SHA-1: a6582713460c70c15498e66782571c5062df8569 SHA-256: eb1dec3b801d92b194af6d1c345ded99ad21ecf48ceff40862a12a4b81c31219
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, a common tactic for distributing malicious content or conducting phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5509t9ffeie9guhrut450nsns/49470803635.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0402f24802---nisikivuzixegiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd79f3da31b---2047344582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aglogistics-bo.net/userfiles/file/44487657278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suadienlanhhanoi.net/upload/files/34240483567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a14a62841---11596661311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjqzzx.com/uploadfile/file/2021060208332973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa945a30e64---vinugogesadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahattinburyan.com/userfiles/file/zefemidetama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/5793574457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070114477f4e---dunimex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupburuemas2.com/contents//files/juxawusepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1d68d0e5b---mulazajemuvorobuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1970fchs50thclassreunion.com/clients/1/19/19770213778af891f1b13fa25f964f50/File/59521289130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/99177302562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/39555631081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/xiwovojimipitadagopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/455ae2d4b73af50e8f79b7b33160a34c/jikosufilinabusamot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c1be179e780edd985d4626bdb55ea09/6664758738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/85644441431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab07f66efa---demowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca752cc4f6---44741687210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=polynomial+division+onlinePDF 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_off0000e6bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6BC 10392 bytes
SHA-256: c836ba9ffb8c4f24147b32ed669089b255cbf68e0eb7f00ecd0d5f7554e1808c
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE3C 18672 bytes
SHA-256: d667fe0a148af6af1a0304f29794c57b4c51053301572ffc1693fdee89035621
font_02_sfnt_off0001301d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1301D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1