Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb26288f16a2013f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-08-18 07:15:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 6950f65bdccb1ea492deaa65c1f06140 SHA-1: 53819305f3b1fe5dd817246e5be023af9a3e262b SHA-256: eb26288f16a2013f292011281df74cd66b0b0754acd2988edf8bf85570364ae2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to host malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a48a1c5bacc---nadakabuwinira.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bfa6a6b7911fc6241dcdc165e1dc34b/valodugigepejunemanax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/33031597695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicklason.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26746230407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ca4d498307e703d543d68c8bc7c4322/nowozojabufuparowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b2ada1a920---22961649222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feldmann-spedition.de/pics/userfiles/file/80350847226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de20e500d48---lujoxasov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southwest62.com/clients/6/66/666176aa584decdbf8d0f1e9213c5ee1/File/widulesakujifabugevune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607926a597105---rarexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad1db457595---66546486867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8c1826d6dca21eecedc195ac4a844b9/71153122087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96gdas7cb2t1qkcgtnrnenllmi/balawokanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n04frd9b6b85ooaov929019jd4/36420269605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b47f39ceb7f---70807500520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v2bk1ugbllmq688pdqn8c6c3mb/leregipenarufexikamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/tepif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biirbeh.mn/images/content/file/fifezopixozetikadutulafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rilarobupetuparala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5d85e17f4078df8311fe09d678a0b04/pinidiwazikunuzogovolekal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d9b4858006ec0838f7db210d2934c2b/11767788360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/19016471001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbu.vn/Images_upload/files/faxaridigawujajepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruntbudowa.pl/files/file/12990854148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=oracion+subordinada+adverbial+ejercicios+resueltosPDF 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_off00010531.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10531 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 8f155b85fa1c200fae18af068f458f851f65702d0984fcb6a4c6ac1692346189
font_01_sfnt_off00011e49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E49 17520 bytes
SHA-256: a24d013bd5c60c8c3f43687b7457ffd2abb49820c4cb2bc37a698c4b88c38653
font_02_sfnt_off00014ad1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AD1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1