Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb5530b027e4152a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:04:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 85dfde29f31d71aed07821cfba293706 SHA-1: ad8bc7b9eee14ff0925982793478970db8102772 SHA-256: eb5530b027e4152a9508fc8144adc7f9d7c09e24da18040c611f6148e572935c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV specifically identifying it as a phishing trojan. The file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely leveraging embedded JavaScript for malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://diedacorporation.net/freesiafiles/file/90238179317.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f2043daea0f93e57528e911d93d4016/95293706721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatdangcap.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/devagabupogaxibewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8900d30ac3---zozofefanorokesinuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161232883dcbf0---66714407302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.com/images/file/51167064566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zanhotel.ro/beficientconsultingFiles/file/93310745521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://offerseir.com/basefile/offerseircom/files/21145540183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/57578058807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8731dc46db---feliju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161162be94c0b0---tojafavedagivupaloko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/muzaravezelumij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adae773c5bc---vijitogusediladux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ropaalmayoreo.com/images/userfiles/file/giliwojarezukufiziduso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da1597b76d7---kibizorerujeniworajijut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/61386697637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/javapimekik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhahangbienhaitien.com/uploads/files/40004074343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b42585401f300b8986b135ce941701ff/12435961583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dent-pro.cz/pic/file/bafewateguzumes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bed7bafc1eab1738d39b66fc7f415ff/mazumoxewakogev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lecachet.fr/docs/files/rugevekapewibasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/wibasajixel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=buku+pengantar+oseanografi+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_off0000dcd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCD6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4E8 16892 bytes
SHA-256: 671d28f75c5e6698f46e20aa80b991d99ee0ebd0ae25da5c8aab530c975ba1de
font_02_sfnt_off000120e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120E6 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 96835c0c6d712b990e7104173828c788e503d857409cd8ba4505918f7d3e4301