Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb6070511a8cac41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-15 11:07:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 545b1608869e2634019454da308fa2f1 SHA-1: 20d25c4bb2d5915eddfba3bf1934984b843a2fc2 SHA-256: eb6070511a8cac4115bbc0e92aceef7ed4d7883b329e2a52f9c26b2c414c59a4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=open+world+car+driving+games+android PDF link annotation
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d4accf793---77790958682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e9bec11223---40521085466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambient-interier.cz/files/files/mobipepadawivos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2e0b30g3uq7pay7m.com/upload/fckeditor/file/dudom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisdepanneservices.fr/Sites/cds/files/jusoris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ruchya.com.tw/upload/files/53422248222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilaide.com/upload/editor/file/zepakagegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a67783991b23e3e55c36bf22dbcedf8d/kapetapepem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denkobarbell.com/_upload/files/87718261646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lokalsport.no/userfiles/file/rafolovugavojinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infosierra.es/images/editor/3687789896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161412b85f31af---44677929315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e417498e9---50287468443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141a08c3da43---22468409209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161343e1e3f691---81059912157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://big-blue-bus.com/pics/fotos/1/file/88513440790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducnhua.com/upload/files/76532418824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614189e991ec2---13156673299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/nafaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akpanlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/90683146069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fdd56e4d4a---dobebekibovasorew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fa7e07e53a---77654955454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://athaj2.specialty-match.com/upload/files/47067394345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xtremefitness.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mukakesosiv.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000df42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF42 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 09c034d948d8a26e1f4f2b8746bc587008a412a8b26ef23b93609ae9f205e40c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f86a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF86A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001107c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1107C 17948 bytes
SHA-256: 93771281a785259ee7fd7a070c8c73f34cf0343b276b86b94c4a512aaf9ab316