Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb4e3bc7b4048c99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 04:07:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0ce3c797ace12bc09d55306a5d5ae7e3 SHA-1: 32bf43802c646628cced12643fabca28d3802b14 SHA-256: eb4e3bc7b4048c99e210d6df4b90a4b30e92867b18044e8e71e807a9aeb343dc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware hosting sites. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a link farm designed for malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://gulfcoolcontracting.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/16478196066.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608537de2f474---67807962437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7f0bf1e62---5174495873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permianhighschool1970.com/clients/e/ef/efee9fcbc667252fc4b649c8163d3733/File/ledexizifuremoxorurudig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4741b6c8053a7d73bc13fc6de2256a5/kozifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b56e9a7f586---filulusigilakona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0177cd7d74---libawovijugoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodslib.com/userfiles/files/9723079080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/xepipapuxutasadagox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be407ac6ff---70906307169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f1abda2787b5f9af3d8b66423f1bc86/gojisuxosogujamujewemib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/wadop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ed79d2eb5ca3d257514d70c51b9b420/gapufafexeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8cb92961c2---doxezek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/sibojabobunopasejesijekez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiobrisasdelnorte.com/userfiles/file/41657674726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarvvv.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pixabegisujukawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b75526c45e126e711cb2ac00faf6ae2/83483248993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/odvi0rjau13313oft2t4hgkt56/bipenolaxipugak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc99767111---ninamisaluvukajuremo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daydreamspin.com/userfiles/file/44645397141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c7daea0990df55cfd2bbcee5518374b/63833339811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c879d49c433---mojolomuwafiviwogusiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ic.ru/uploads/file/pubawusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=30+days+of+yoga+with+adriene+day+21PDF 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_off00010651.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10651 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011e68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E68 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 817f53c533932ab68e22914e1ec62d8e2e1b0a877605fab84883c49fe8f9f299
font_02_sfnt_off00013864.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13864 16556 bytes
SHA-256: 9447d7021cb4a2f60f7d885b53da27b9e2b0c651cc57013bd373dafc4dcea73c