Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ebafeb074040c263…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-08-08 22:04:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 70f9b4eaa56e3fa41d178d2f969dd73e SHA-1: 9af10cfa0fa1ea85b4302522a6a4c9a972032d9f SHA-256: ebafeb074040c263e8273c262670dce886bf6ee41c54cd0fbf78fa0a415ad9d0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised or disposable hosting domains, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malware or engaging in phishing activities. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://accronline.com/userfiles/file/61601826784.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jafra-com.at/userfiles/file/20314164557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4759580f4b9d2915c4166c99a412359/jeziguzedegajiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadmoor79.com/clients/864886/File/76772390540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eca.or.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62097441538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krossinkeuka.org/clients/c/c6/c64aa726effa6776341672ea469011e7/File/43476877838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c69991ba64b---vetetudewoxadopepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/88790809418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4965665bc1---34196171265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/fidugimibejemur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elm3rad.com/file/bomiseriwazekobesivolepol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duepassidalcentro.it/userfiles/files/83939723517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daikinhbac.com/upload/files/8318018588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfovimmb6ivfd6kbkb33q42g20/piwilorozolapeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609763f873ff6---titasunawiluxekififema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/betozotoponafuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.net/contents//files/52388995332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ab9e107c3890fb23d7ec44dacde4844/45048929659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab893575122---guvix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karpataljaturizmus.hu/upload/fejaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckrestaurantgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31721635381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letsbelegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xuxokovuwiguti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vydavatelstvoklett.sk/userfiles/file/26177485479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafordexstudents.com/clients/0/05/05b3dbe7dd9dc6f92b523d2b721f2ffd/File/tifebulawedaxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+de+verbos+irregulares+espa%C3%B1ol+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_off0000d7b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7B8 11220 bytes
SHA-256: 45b321fea64470b6c11a38461f06a3847eb8dda20c191df0944d2a21a10507c4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f19f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF19F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000109b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109B1 18012 bytes
SHA-256: 1ed92cd32244ccd9366150d00e4a60f65d52121bef0c35ab58fa4e21fddd558c