Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb56673f8c963fc0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-08-20 19:08:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 057e88af04aedac1e1a127094254ecc5 SHA-1: 865555e5cb84caa660678dc7970e114758387879 SHA-256: eb56673f8c963fc07b94f23f2a9ff474056b967cd3cea5b66d95f839e2c96151
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. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to lure users into downloading or accessing malicious payloads, aligning with spearphishing tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2cd20d2cf2---52593702131.pdf
    • http://luckdidea.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/fiwasojiruli.pdf
    • http://dekoblickfang.de/userfiles/file/25173561150.pdf
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hvpv0p2ealo41t790a7s4r6jt2/15885057347.pdf
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/511dc6369b6f9375d8ca6510f175f4a4/52096860388.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f45a6c45c56---34066640030.pdf
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/gulukowopasax.pdf
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/78323086633.pdf
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d08cbad89b---muwemawiwanenu.pdf
    • https://vasantviharproperties.com/userfiles/file/pebosikezorarevo.pdf
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104a351e01e7---53751845847.pdf
    • http://sweethomedelivery.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/riwozexajuzobodikud.pdf
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/93059800252.pdf
    • http://abwlargo.com/uploads/files/deberijutilosezanasuroz.pdf
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a82b1d1796---75097425251.pdf
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8e0cb238da---98327723702.pdf
    • https://visualmotion.nl/uploads/file/pitixojowukotaxox.pdf
    • https://cailux.lu/userfiles/files/kusorawe.pdf
    • http://rafaelokazakov.com/file/dikaduluwunagirubulelibo.pdf
    • http://gewoongroen.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/zuligubaxabaga.pdf
    • http://liccuza.ro/stiri_files/file/modikibid.pdf
    • http://katyababash.com/images/uploads/file/wanonufefuv.pdf
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844716a43e2---63126045802.pdf
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c83fcf32d8f5ace9f4c6e5f0903814e9/55122169041.pdf
    • http://praguetransfer.com/files/file/tikewuz.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=evaluation+5eme+croissance+demographique+et+ses+effets+chine
    • 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_off0000e231.bin
c3cfa3169986e6a9776aad7a298e4b47d1d8046deb0cd4d15ca16cc315d1bf40
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE231 18468 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011072.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11072 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012889.bin
883250736ff48bf0788823daf01ab282e1ed9f93d6e7e2602a61dd014b6542ac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12889 11496 bytes