Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb942c496a71bab4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-08-02 19:02:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 2cfcad82179a8b722b80ce32f24d1935 SHA-1: 656e9a09c89e5fe032aa721700aca03fe7aa29dd SHA-256: eb942c496a71bab49dead70caf89b78cf0c84343017f90b8839187399a4640d1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous potentially compromised websites, many of which host further PDF files. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to lead users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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 http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbd51825f5---rimedukoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f2ab244fd---56323048746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralatemples.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nadezivejidij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af063b75fdf4e355a7d42faf226b3e54/lujapugag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panyuchen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/83973410653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3672ca493a18d760298dd70a4274c478/71512825716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://priscar.com/documents/files/34119329467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurpinar.com/img/userfiles/files/41976999147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mq-water.net/upload/julewusiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esperanzadeavila.com/fotos/file/xusekomowebazudamemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fct8ml6mwue.tw/uploads/files/14349271441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullmagicweekend.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jujafuxofivefone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hhckjhtv19bmdkf66g6o9mindp/51482601649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d940e7c61---44335044764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737260565b8---34791169304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rannatennis.ee/data/upfiles/files/90237119602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksx.top/images/userfiles/file/zuwozipiwudisolewubobopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u9glvash4rq91bhd7lan6m62aj/bofesowobaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiumaradelsossio.it/userfiles/files/wezepikuvozevutusul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088019b0d99e---poromakimefesir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemenyseprosiklos.hu/upload/file/banejebutidedatupafopuduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/kigivezafoxumozajekitadib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade5d752bff---jijumakubizuzopok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777f63e2e24---bopoxutujoligudazos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e1a53b441---fukosamiforemujaxomarekod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926eb17336f---90961984549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=comprensione+del+testo+inglese+seconda+media+pdfPDF 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_off0000f4d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4D3 10996 bytes
SHA-256: de766b2b4742eacfd10c5dd139a32d321880a19b44cd2a37f652987474f155ed
font_01_sfnt_off00010e24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012636.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12636 18020 bytes
SHA-256: 756ff1e44f0f88c3e5239f74c7886f203726a38ebd90f6b6c36e802c3fd1bec2

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