Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ebb65802c36e6533…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 15:09:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 8906c6b0648eb648db883e937cb7e9a4 SHA-1: 7d12db35be59a6345cc2a2563fd17ffbb8752699 SHA-256: ebb65802c36e653329842dafcedb5f2ebd0a6ae380e30424d1224dfd113b5e13
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for initiating malicious actions. The PDF also contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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.
  • 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.
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sincerely+in+formal+letter PDF link annotation
    • http://the100voicesofgospel.de/fichiers/newsletter/file/43462802737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/52268735526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uljh9rdufb5dk9nnnn0mehrfij/foxamodekebudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/luxojugarutubuvoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28698327a2---vofavipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epmachine.ru/d/files/nawewuwotakotuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riccaassociati.eu/userfiles/files/18128468498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/16922475577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0e471f873---91806764124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b570852b86e31096869350a86c5af88a/51912285946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57485deef0460e4aa6c216c69eaf4c1d/jemubikerabeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2123f060ae---54168775475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073667cdebb2---17007236728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wccflooring.com/userfiles/files/jugigiwubiberakoputulatew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aced3c4e94---funowenuxarabemalusur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fontanarosaserigrafia.it/userfiles/file/39823656525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa6398a96bd---mejazalozigolajulesarono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/rimugidegazuvibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8c67b098f2da7c315a213b8f1e54d41/581659237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pampa.be/uploads/userfiles/files/29137528077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f3d40c7a0f---kufafufaluwejazez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c6c4658475---99975605247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1993ad3767---ralojiwalepufibagote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7na4o46qh5040o0ke51812rdf3/92877202598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c99ece99ca2---96718141828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba7b30285a---36853614017.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_off0000f462.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF462 10516 bytes
SHA-256: aaa27fd6daa3df6d27ac46df0a684797e479e19f42622aeaad92dbbe7e9bdfa6
font_01_sfnt_off00010c59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001246b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1246B 17100 bytes
SHA-256: 19a784bcd463ad0d0f2fc92bc4aeb961a2072ce64091f7cee34fcf0aa4209af7