Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb8e30366ab93b58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-06 02:31:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a9cdcd640940de08fe49dd6f02787770 SHA-1: eada3316f4405fc2dc65358ee4bc0cc5b75e0774 SHA-256: eb8e30366ab93b586f5d74c385ddc2dd9c10c30394ee8128d205f17593b3730c
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Numerous heuristics indicate the PDF functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised websites and IP addresses, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and compromised CMS upload links strongly suggests a malicious intent to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=who+is+wentworth+miller+dating PDF link annotation
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/6094047819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetworkingpro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62424917207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/28578401641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8f99f15369---xalokekig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamedunyasi.com/calisma2/files/uploads/dabexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6d268ee6a---lekobukilabenisevelavotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.com/userfiles/file/fusibugimewiwuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7tqt7glbnnidli6toc0338daro/fefet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075fba84b17d---kadakifujepuxuxozum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/19564714834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081bbde79a29---jomotirizizakofivine.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b9d1f3f71---witige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cee0b74877b3e089a6baefd8044b07d4/zunotolepomovezuwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef19e4dc92---kepepudimutugoxiwovek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/909133f8de36b91ce266c7e23b42204e/kekogapokavogasidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078de2d30dd6---lanigudibukufaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j7lmvrl0d9m3qc8e84m1c6b382/lupupuxusixewadisukibuniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enotecagaribaldi.it/userfiles/files/vorewodopuposapaseki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alapan.org/fckimages/file/86696459321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://covinahigh1980.com/clients/1/14/147ee80f0cf2e08ca1b5067d21485a43/File/78162665648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd5cc5a183b---semitulijamovuvetugadum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gesas.it/media/mailinglist/file/kufivete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840b89eb971---ziwowopojafudaludiraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad5ee38aef---bedanazimimafomamepaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n6cpuu3vvhpt6lcgmcv7sk4oq1/nizosokowakanebodofapokof.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_off0000ed53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED53 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010565.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10565 17076 bytes
SHA-256: 38a9959efab17ff4edaf4d9c78a522cfb52ac28c8d33adbb320c1f70ae261fd3
font_02_sfnt_off000131e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131E6 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 3347bdc1624854ee83f564ceb4515238b27ea057152f947faa98a1301ae95104