Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb2237df60018419…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:38:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6f778e19392267944129cb5d08303895 SHA-1: 577947041bc9653f4013e6770b080a38b3f78556 SHA-256: eb2237df600184196c43e8cc0216c99220485be5879da8ade1d8fd9f7164062d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to domains associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable binary data.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://baihsad.com/userfiles/files/20210805_053643.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73487904150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/558c80137648ef6c72a73e1aa8b0ebce/depuxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b6eba33129---fowopodopikiwedixop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/168b156c75cb1ab1d879d65c95dbbb64/67198736015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.it/userfiles/file/64218816836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avantagesapp.com/uploads/files/rolezavupiwofet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16129359aed754---55328415853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fl-forever.com/upfiles/editor/files/lubuzivedipijet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/70669829276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cepatdaftargroup2.com/contents/files/fozosavagad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57a7ed203c9fd04dd1c962ef715189ac/noliwugoxoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thailaundry.com/imgUpload/files/39086303162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e78f81728533f49008d44b01f370a97/jekuvari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fda2b826a1---98540865762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungcucaytrong.com/images/files/galuzifinir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/facb5332e3c349b63674bd6c86c470f2/zidolaxamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalkulacka-hypo.cz/userfiles/files/kafowemipumubovunisex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bydnjl.com/userfiles/files/miwilifinawitowedudijuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec1cdfd4d4372bd92fc746467107ac7a/furuditutaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p28s82ue64iuj9dgku75vshk89/36483669670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalmediaminds.com/uploads/files/wutalebejukupixinopari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valstybestarnyba.com/upckfinder/files/dovelusarerorov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f96ead48c---dewubetefag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indel.sk/userfiles/file/85576868082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydunglenguyen.vn/upload/files/fc604c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=othello+play+summary+pdfPDF 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_off0000e5c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5C2 10804 bytes
SHA-256: aa494dfbe9954d5023676b288d5de8886af1c2b0479ca8940732ff2b9a225936
font_01_sfnt_off0000fec1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEC1 16748 bytes
SHA-256: d0bf1831b3f4fb4a9e3c29731c0e6ddc49f0530c7630c7f2c4c6327bfad7580b
font_02_sfnt_off000129ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1