Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eba21bfd190b93c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-08-26 12:12:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b3b63461435115fb9be72612ca11d36d SHA-1: 1c803c996bbc83dd7a4bcb45b9000939352852f6 SHA-256: eba21bfd190b93c7e123bb4b423063bc744b6550f183a58d454d4ddcd789da97
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware download pages. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///jefalizopubotilutelo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/wapibamor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megatekspb.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/74896030538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naucharts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90933774979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fcffa955e0---nemimisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a8ffd5288---20396048750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5361f38405---kotivetuvilobelevoviginas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jscnafs1cjcvri59njp1a5abe7/93296482402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutandcolorparrucchieri.it/file/28091204493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fentesmakina.com/paket/upload/files/69037824363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8fe8003763---vomupuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5164534a2d---28651933311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e26fc7d4514---labatapapanive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacomportamentale.it/userfiles/files/52232428424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mundolibre.cl/uploads/userfiles/files/42391720014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highettmetal.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72592954539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/11362970479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4b0a52dc8---29751618080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latgalesamatnieki.lv/files/file/88721527034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/vatijajutujubav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20f2a8610b5ce4dcddb0ccea47d620c9/gumosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soft-print.pl/app/webroot/media/files/lavopokapofet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delannahotel.com/user_img/file/74893799442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=grade+9+accounting+questions+and+answers+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_off0000d640.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD640 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE57 11288 bytes
SHA-256: 5512d0e5a2d782d23f8cc59ba67bd4aebdbed85f52f406a2d81900f1d88f77cc
font_02_sfnt_off0001088b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1088B 17148 bytes
SHA-256: af12e12c4e6f9401f6daa1b1d653df0a37881c11e6424b89ac0f6f6fcf97d86a