Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb369f5da3036e82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 20:35:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: efc1a463deb0d5c4d38c55b2eca0a5a8 SHA-1: c31ba0a8af1413a93ed6196970dfcae602969c4d SHA-256: eb369f5da3036e82b3457c086deaeee7af553d95db769cacf125419501564071
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting, which is a common tactic for phishing or SEO spam. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF structure suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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 https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ceb7b5a95---50485715802.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7su873jsgtck9tna66von3k8g/vepuderolufiwagikufilalav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trvstore.com/userfiles/file/koweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.de/userfiles/file/begakunuxuzadazewojat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b8ad09b42f---zoxebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://au-coeur-du-temps.com/userfiles/file/81245586105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/77996858346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/35953707460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a22da35fac3c8adfad603d05cbfc5c29/43299610953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd402ee48a2---1690478342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/353ca50c474dc4a1a18bbe2509e1d477/fabolep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedreams.cz/files/vuzulalodizegude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leadercaravans.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rulajezoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/nekepesiwoduboxuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b70616dd49---23457708960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnibat.net/uploads/archivos/52719169327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tovicetour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210721_6CA4E002844C1A62.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d7a7be62a---90515243727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebiz.kr/userData/board/file/78721693182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salamatekhanevadeh.ir/ckeditor/files/files/bofetosupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mashura.co/userfiles/files/89662373928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buydecor.ru/uploads/files/45020212539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116ec9dd1a0c---mazowagugibolivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wfbulgaria.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/81970249722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rpv-drachten.nl/files/file/pexosakoredifoxevabewox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/96689802611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vgi-vn.vn/app/webroot/img/files/40757894356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=marketing+multinivel+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_off0000bd8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD8C 16272 bytes
SHA-256: 9338238ee5fa7a6e8680c177f024a9858ea54b679ce77f9b85ddb331abc527e6
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF16 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 74465f9b5805f7a07c16e8152f4b0317207174bce72ae7eb1bd77befca3df05b