Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb7af5ddccfe9367…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-08-09 19:26:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: dcdd324ef75df6a0d571b56c66cb7c60 SHA-1: 250e6e99d845309a74923c0406b3a2dd25007c6b SHA-256: eb7af5ddccfe9367814b2b6a8929a1a54ef0210ea7426ae68fe49fe118f622b4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised upload directories or disposable hosting, strongly suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://infotechb2blite.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/2856192185.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://yenhuy.vn/upload/files/94981042271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludbaegitim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/89881241589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hfeotgqm2r21en4g97u1onkfto/60940664581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancars.eu/uploads/edytor/file/28963019389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mcn1v5cqaf7ket8mqrda6b6n47/95545830131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da15bd300282daf25d89312c3ad764b9/zedenamobimug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48319406915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olgapolyakova.com/files/files/14840815017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3oikuph2tb6dn9uvaqap4eoi4v/4292421350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f58dcaa96b5---mivotobekixijaxetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tungafilm.com/dorceiys/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14304526324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cf40f93d7b---37285220469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.com/images/uploads/files/40640675063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a7809db35b---94370423117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f48deac370b32dcdf218a0d01f8371a0/75715351810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galedo.cz/www/data/cms_files/files/71125792309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70865bc6bd36553efae098ac78294611/49702267880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc8ce31af5---30000718146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domingo.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3359697629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.rs/slicice/file/50816821076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=cell+organelles+and+their+functions+matching+worksheet+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000c7bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7BD 16116 bytes
SHA-256: d8bc5760e1b29816a5620d9bbd8c88d519c379e856805860c7c9c6e99a94823d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f161.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF161 11348 bytes
SHA-256: e4f617780c90bb0d16a7e575893ae94e293f31c692d22481d0ded69e65ef83ea
font_02_sfnt_off00010bd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BD2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1