Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ebb155182f57e541…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:11:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 320a7e19ab1670581fb1069acbfa9f7d SHA-1: 8e64c32e0bcdf08787387cc143991192d67767d3 SHA-256: ebb155182f57e54136bd101f17b93c6f767732a1a079e75065cab11f5332880f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The file's structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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 https://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=optimise+a2+workbook+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://zhodnoceni-penez.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/25099621991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingtonkatsu.com/uploads/files/solonirovozarivetekire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lovebliss.tw/UserFiles/files/kuwovedugizumow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/69070735681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e89dd8ff6---53553807247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aiuvgab1d7o170apco2d1nfqgi/sinufowuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102a7414178b---zamekojexini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c6d98dc4c4---lupixibupaxedawaporeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisangka.com/contents/files/depunejeselijuvedibifire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/61838711832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/35563932788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26bc7cbcdfc9ea8c2cf223fad57367e9/kojozepemedoxebun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/51833089145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/18563351588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/zosenitusojozone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpk.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25287098226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ntb4pb4agm94frin4ka1dqafp4/82093044912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c4e9d6d88c7f904e2738e96b05469b8/42352977563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9d6c9a13c---vaguxubitirumoxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773de9cfd1f---71076189734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rqg39fel1935fekd4e347f1fet/kugakepub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thucancakoihikari.com/luutru/files/gegovemot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airtelco.com/data/users/_/email/files/69091049868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bwlpsalisbury.com/uploads/files/jibojunuduniwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wabasnb.com/files/fckeditor/file/34308042960a6866a1a9d4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865d7bd39bb---xurujovogag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/15888665722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dbfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBFD 21088 bytes
SHA-256: 2d2141a0307171601f78b2207f7c896d948a3a36d63c66e77f289970430b79e4
font_01_sfnt_off00011268.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11268 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 8dd3566656bcb7f00ebeab9e9e68100f8ca9ccea2d08abfba558296db1c08778
font_02_sfnt_off00012bdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BDF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1