Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb969f7d1b7db559…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 21:26:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 391b9f358c0c747493b09ae021cffa2b SHA-1: cb036fd595794c2c99971eb48b8db6586b7d1711 SHA-256: eb969f7d1b7db559ad41859172aed80f5213f40d344d6fed45f18cdcc36e6a39
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern. The file's structure and link farm indicate it is designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd4ed8e973079631219939fd30565db1/kimizutuwero.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be2302c5892da72d31847b1bbbc54fb2/bexajewapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21ojd1d1k6usqnbsgupao84ke4/misixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fae87e5485---86278642106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/89498084949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f54c5d86b---vuxuselesibugaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607787da20f59---23132532459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076403b65a01---72368970449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c63687f45c35e2582e8ba2b4f8985c6/64317432775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/pagibew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc87d1d629b60456abe1cf2c9e511d16/donisupaxarinizutopofezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b74e8f435fc469bc7363796e6e6ecb9/zebige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/puvejobiwidume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haidangpc.com/contents/files/55435122533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6de36b4eed---23278298093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/gosofenig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/31432423076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799f8a825ec---sutobopisasiwibabileras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mbrbl38hehbjfqn8iblb8acap7/segivenigolezekefotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/texivusojakunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb1e06ae9d---maleramuzuwolibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b21c1d54552---fixefela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jcpop8l4k1kemuh5tfe5ev1csk/jugujumepebasuvedeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6fafa69aec4401684d226d609db717a/vomugiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=digdat+8+style+ii+mp3+downloadPDF 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_off0000bd93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD93 16164 bytes
SHA-256: 16bfc79f6902511fc834c6dbc6f62e038d25b34177ad7ecd1769034efb14cd79
font_01_sfnt_off0000e71a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE71A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF31 11216 bytes
SHA-256: 45d51a3ba480b1c152e9e0de46a5c1456b4d369cc66c39d03011dec69bfd9515