Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb55519d8cca51fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-27 05:22:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3336156a201bcb010ccabb7390ffa0da SHA-1: 816acd06034e4a7e030576f26b2534a8f05987eb SHA-256: eb55519d8cca51fd69ccf041d7c4df9c13867d36dc02da7fd4c42c48fdac6b58
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be part of a link farm designed to obscure the true destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af71f29ce435f616879dabfd9485915b/96630095485.pdf
    • https://tssch.in/tssch/application/admin/uploads/file/57709777033.pdf
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150a852d148c---zijamamavexoga.pdf
    • http://bretagne.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71792831078.pdf
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/etuzutatigopijivux.pdf
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cd16540bf5---reletizojefazojosox.pdf
    • https://rimsball.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xipobeguk.pdf
    • http://clingac.com/d/files/wudolo.pdf
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141e38507a9e---1632193399.pdf
    • https://dimensionshoppe.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80696847797.pdf
    • http://mamolenasnc.it/userfiles/files/zibuv.pdf
    • https://northcoteplaza.com/userfiles/file/soloki.pdf
    • https://peltonfell.org.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25209720541.pdf
    • http://www.madiran-cruduparadis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21521069322.pdf
    • http://cycling-software.com/files/file/mitalazawijasuxevusavuro.pdf
    • https://em.heephong.org/ethnicminorities/cmsadmin/ckfinder/files/voteneminabanexubale.pdf
    • https://genia-groupe.fr/images/files/17561907124.pdf
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/ronugi.pdf
    • http://360global.ca/userfiles/file/45531132294.pdf
    • http://sevinctekstil.com/resimler/files/27957597643.pdf
    • https://optimuselearningschool.com/learning/site/images/uploadfiles/fegurenikebewabudaj.pdf
    • http://ulrike-mayer.de/userfiles/files/97649590817.pdf
    • http://www.enjoyvaltellina.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31381576094.pdf
    • https://abyway.lv/images/ck_images/files/fokakexipo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=mobile+files+transfer+to+pc
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b25c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB25C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca73.bin
7cc593d0b90fe3c183a7e2a4cdee282a59b8538ae6e4e4be51bcd4a476459ec4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA73 10608 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e29c.bin
702af0dfbebdf10ce5e58787ae7b270f8ce8300a2c0669f827e24058ad69b809
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE29C 17276 bytes