Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb2161f216d58962…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:21:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e1fd58fb832d1b583cbaaeb973e38c00 SHA-1: d85aea86eec93523a21ce2042a33c97d2cc0e47c SHA-256: eb2161f216d5896266fffa6e7b728b86ad0bcc7f90047911a79d43b5ab20d818
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content or redirecting users to phishing sites. The numerous external URLs, including those hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, strongly suggest a link farm designed to distribute malware or facilitate phishing attacks. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=countable+and+uncountable+nouns+board+game+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/23968027751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088f85127452---52364857245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newo.ru/files/files/rokowofetonog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b46dc72371---15312301336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prolocolidodisavio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mepadoforazel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://win-sonic.com/kida2018/ck_imgs/files/lokokuxopomixex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ecbaba740e---31548524288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuanhuadanang.vn/uploads/image/files/majagusepuxobiniwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7918gno4fqmih4lme4b63cci7p/89861137692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53456eb569281c9e1e02326c714d69d6/madazukixawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d27fdec6b57---55517132667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/guzanexawowijurirag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baf64a9233f---51377915981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089515e2c3ad---42773003386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutrishop.in/ci/userfiles/files/88086390556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oxi-dental.ro/imagini_ws/71841119997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1c876d630---36526883852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.com/article_ressources/file/97033196696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/core/connector/upload/files/40365005104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/9115568106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095781fda49a---38088435539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dra11a2v7faf5h3ql5p6037pp6/venosana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meesens.be/KrMee/Tekstverwerker/59499157210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d736.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD736 11140 bytes
SHA-256: c2fb6ba2d52def315a160dbc060dbe7f16bb5ae7b2e998b53d8690fe7fbad577
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000108f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108F7 17936 bytes
SHA-256: 612bd0293d9d80b232ed5177626e053450965f16701876508924149953600727