Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb5fb754fcae3b04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-08-16 14:49:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b21af095e4584171a71f921b6abc995d SHA-1: 088fc65d431100e01fa7a84f8ebf804da8dbaeed SHA-256: eb5fb754fcae3b0424d5208168733a33d1cfe6614f56d6e8d51108e31b0a7107
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ML and ClamAV, indicating malicious content. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=data+recovery+trash+bin+recovery+files+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/fuziven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doorsatyrau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26118400555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithatkuongthinh.com/uploads/files/legejexamikonelilawapof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohdiabo.net/images/ckeditor/files/72982673959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/juxupokivujegopujarebupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5mcjue7ueha3efnvkdcftf040b/52635760461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df02b10156a---xivav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qhhk1jgevmr6ntijoc84tlj39h/pegutudiledab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithatkuongthinh.com/uploads/files/gupemawamugetazuxaraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/46084171506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088724edcb10---budunekojinonolidozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4af1f043a---gekodef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/nelikolemukopejote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b056da5d10c---lijazigutimaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4uv0gmn1p997s9opunu2b3ift2/jejonifuxaluxogojavuxaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedcollisionrepair.com/home/cert/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61287748599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160816db964dad---91917612719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/bepokenepitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/xozetitikakotemapum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb6da57aa35---vojutaludupakekus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etre-belle.su/images/file/sujafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dambi.pl/userfiles/file/54022748588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/wifilod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/81541565876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e924.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE924 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 0a79bfd474c5b932de537b5d6d5c55980ce5851db9888b29ee2bbb36e6657b0a
font_01_sfnt_off00010271.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10271 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A82 16244 bytes
SHA-256: c6eabc0e786f34e9bd46a20732e32404c3a2056509a6b0610068810470d9e2d5
font_03_sfnt_off00013082.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13082 17916 bytes
SHA-256: 62d976ecb31215d688387ca9b040267a3dd24ab51b3bf124ea894f731c91eb19