Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb82f06901d2999e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-26 16:01:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ea1e3a3afb7e6ffdcb635f1d2389ed11 SHA-1: 0291487a1c92bce3dd9974e6d0f5943c5a71f71e SHA-256: eb82f06901d2999e7db3fc0d66254f86b62d906beedaf88306e224c44915959e
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 within documents. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV and ML classifiers strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f72f8185aa---93703630057.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c4f3c5141---pogexoxaganiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungwoo-n.com/userfiles/file/raneponosefanikavuwife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egokituz.org/files/galeria/files/18759662336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blgjad.com/upload/files/bowemifedemejavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/128cd5a55ea2d68daced305b670a44bc/nawatojokiwebivexowomolig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photonart.nl/phpcmsys/file/tunirigumazogavamaximeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwan-tiaya.com/upload/tiaya_official/files/widab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocminhcnc.com/demo_thietbimay_24_7/upload/files/55291700158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dianthusindustrial.com/resimler/files/74324310412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catwalkexotique.com/userfiles/dubenabunijojomegak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skrn.cz/pic/file/52954255101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crisismobile.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8348803779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hocaukhudothithanhphogiaoluu.com/asset/site/files/14868509169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abw10thstreetne.com/uploads/files/nofina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4chan.ro/UserFiles/file/xisumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhnienxp.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/59556616515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adom.biz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuwexogogilebovozukiweta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corporatiegids.nl/uploads/files/84968823066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loca-granderoue-montaletang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67886016454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613825b9a4850---momuvokago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autowassenindex.nl/images/uploads/zezabup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocep.org/data/userfiles/files/64548741328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebsulmare.com/userfiles/files/jejikaromojipimolexonijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/96140469674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=pocket+heroes+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_off0000b30d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB30D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB1F 17496 bytes
SHA-256: 15d192bb874672323e458a819d89cc7e7c0a055f3b12d071878e5f904ca5554e
font_02_sfnt_off0000f75f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF75F 10320 bytes
SHA-256: cace2f6a84a6d37497e97dc2e601fc60f0152c446c6bc8a33f59eee76e75ccf8

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