Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb98ff24d2c5f81e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-08-13 00:47:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8a011101caad8d52a2022e83843a6979 SHA-1: 362c8fae5caf7b6359eb7f9aae76a1e885954aa3 SHA-256: eb98ff24d2c5f81e44c653391fee1cc76ac6d125b69a2e79cdd7d96bae5e943b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://crackershrimp.com/file_media/file_image/file/volex.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b74ee13cd53---79769270390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l6ao7rg7p099499o62tghb7mv0/73470400477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guilfordvikingsclassof81.com/clients/4/47/479b0a304b4cdce99dfe3eda73a59016/File/puserazetumejeredaxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floral-design-lindgens.de/userfiles/file/mudorituguwimix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f98287ebb39a6915e7024394ae840199/73966192796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurotechcorp.vn/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/lesuziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doreenindiatours.com/userfiles/file/jasapek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supair-lux.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94038633355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.arcnet.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/velinulitemeresik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talleresimad.com/images/subidas/files/19097930139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d1b8965a9ea5e7e0a20f1de8ccd8f36/67570848243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vicotelecom.vn/static/source/images/file/48042423199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaqalsports.com/files/file/20972128334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8rla5od0qft97jfp3dmn25ij3/86029338568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/14841361563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeab23036d87c6dd51677fe456708ace/58748470908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beeb06bb134---66308170111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonderful-foods.net/userfiles/file/nesakaraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbab1bcaqplb0ccyi9d.xn--p1ai/files/file/63967452780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/noduqdoepmhnq8g82vr7nsdfvv/48958812928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sterlingsez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pelomawal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haozuowenwang.com/imagefiles/file/63009614942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=best+indian+penny+stocks+to+buy+nowPDF 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_off0000ef8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF8F 17604 bytes
SHA-256: ccf909eca8c9735ecd5cb237fd8223fc24ff1bb0c9c5bc6ef01a22005a0e00ec
font_01_sfnt_off00011dcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DCD 10948 bytes
SHA-256: df6233ebae1715299cf90aa29357e438af85d49c4969a45eed78a5908d98e2a5
font_02_sfnt_off00013734.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13734 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1