Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb653f6bc5deb458…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 07:33:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 929ea3bf9a50da6f4e695d75c2e57ced SHA-1: d107a4a56bc9913ba7b9b50b4a9f8570ef96eb9d SHA-256: eb653f6bc5deb4583fa1609305043217b71adaf57f40069dcf1e55fe9925e1d0
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware or phishing for credentials. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://xn--90aoa5aj.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68897358643.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ggpkgdvqim96tdvtt8aspq5s6c/2848843612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseacarpet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/uploads/balapenojad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interangkorcondominium.com/userfiles/file/50006444134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schturman.ru/files/files/gabutev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplo76.ru/uploads/file/vixinenowif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taechoclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210916_1893C73FFF81A202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birizgardenhotel.com/userfiles/file/9924041269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awarelaxcentrum.cz/user_files/file/wurukasumizizutazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brihat-group.com/assets/userfiles/files/janaporapijojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dabanbep.tanglehadong.com/upload/files/63104777525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abcelectricalonlineshop.brilliantwebtech.com/userfiles/files/pevadobipisawakovek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettomontanino.eu/userfiles/files/sujixupodefanepojesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmangroupllc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44840479077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsped.hu/files/file/61557655063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden-expert.com/userfiles/file/jivobaraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemingway.bg/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25314186601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szelvedojavitasmiskolc.hu/files/files/63181683033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cifphosteleriayturismo.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sulakemulavix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/51529257675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnshiyue.com/userfiles/file/20210917103612_1108037025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iu7ubkaa4369dfj6secbnekvuv/96194841200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161466f78b8c59---93735825598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://self119.net/upload/userfiles/2021/09/files/210916195729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=ml+mod+menu+download+apkPDF 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_off0000e600.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE600 17632 bytes
SHA-256: 6affc53b8b9aa099ce6f75f5323a558dd4221dee9cbc700257b305665d681a95
font_01_sfnt_off000113e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012bf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BF8 10368 bytes
SHA-256: c79c631db86b8136f1b385ef3dc26d930bb44fd915fd56b376bf9ceb99832281