Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb674fb97a26875b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-08-07 02:59:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3059fe5ff78a3d7493b4b48eadeb00ae SHA-1: a4621439649e7e8c6c738cf84fedc227125ca204 SHA-256: eb674fb97a26875b8d5861293250d4f6becc0316c9cbf4a347175a3d4d7e203c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The presence of multiple links and the nature of the hosting suggest an attempt to distribute malicious content or lead users to 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://blogsma.com/files/76510574456.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://terrietanaka.com/library/files/setanajezuzak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pd58rb1sj8s4512bqdg66fr5c3/fanop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceautoservice.com/files/file/49493569168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/84235885429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/82110147414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kcqgcjiufgr9ih509r7vfuj653/42610541285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1eqmldmb24ttmqhcs72lbb3f1/29976174587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b6915ad38---pamexupoxepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spc1991.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wevawawasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/revon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orkoien.com/userfiles/files/menararegasusejexaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchunghadong.com/uploads/files/pifokulowaxeraxipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51165177460ecae0f65ac0c301866ec8/simezokariji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gertiesbloomers.com/kousumi/nulook/upload/fckimages/file/59152028337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samngaimarble.com/html_upload/file/56929608661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf2b985557b---finejekevasezazipisevop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbc6ba45a112e767459548a111e9e9c3/tokiseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1101b4af53---94950799137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/55735373068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36dbdf4ad4761dad47907e2021bcdefc/56504058926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artdealer.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/34c7f83fa612a13a5a451941468bfe87.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b9d594f3e---56115659279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/kalemizenumaziku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=sample+motion+for+reconsideration+arizonaPDF 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_off0000dc61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC61 17168 bytes
SHA-256: db79eefabeff2c98dd0435c854406a24585a77923bcd6d50f9f9e9b99e35382a
font_01_sfnt_off000108f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108F8 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 2e70fc7c43aed8f5df32eb6957901596c032e6de59432c03d5813cc18cd8e664
font_02_sfnt_off00012233.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12233 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1