Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb4fb953338778ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:05:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 782014a5d19d640045b62adb69a5a858 SHA-1: ceb12eec36fa44c9223d58b294b139c6456b6b6c SHA-256: eb4fb953338778ac6e06327500e465ded6fa6fe61be53dec331e86d5a65bb2ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for malicious PDFs to execute code. Heuristics indicate this JavaScript likely leads to a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, aiming to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ecohort.biz/userfiles/files/116382154.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hermangroupcorp.com/clients/3/38/389628ddbd62db2fa1e4299ecdfc1861/File/pukoxezux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shibbirs.com/media/files/1047623223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pzkexie.com/up_files/file/wamopakobuzasomep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fedico.ca/upload/editor/file/49010599254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f324c4c449---76191898029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tenole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9df9e4ba7---6323701274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff03278ed9---22927989655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freebcard.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45176818043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b39c421ea86a6c4bca7455e94f9c80fb/puzijatekevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master-service.ro/images/file/gipuwozufajomifilof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwardiajuvenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/75079343981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dd5a8dd2f7---2375755504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077873976879---lakidenanore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161179201a030e---lumulefej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f675f160e747fbf8fbf4d8d27b8cae4d/wuxijojaziwisusivar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciccioinpentola.com/userfiles/files/95647272010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sequirk.ie/userfiles/file/jatiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607faf0c04420---91924135321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af98d7d5cc5---malomizosinofux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=dividing+fractions+worksheets+6th+gradePDF 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_off0000d00c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD00C 17184 bytes
SHA-256: 195bfa162f4329a17103aea74e42139f50bf1bc9e84e73f53873b5e7a426caa5
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC9B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000114b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114B2 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 6eafddc501d1671604d630ccfd6158861a89e58799494b8bc5b52b0355e3e219