Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ebc7aed172cb5b8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.4 KB Created: 2021-08-02 20:09:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 2310bead31023622cff42d7529d97dfc SHA-1: c2ba045259fe4ec086f64756a6af585e4691d8d6 SHA-256: ebc7aed172cb5b8bd5f1bc9bc994718b7e888fb544c55b480b08d3fa3d2bc1f4
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a seed-phrase/secret-recovery lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Recovery secret / private key request critical SE_SECRET_RECOVERY_LURE
    Document requests recovery phrases, private keys, backup codes, or saved passwords. Requests for these secrets in a document are high-risk.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/63653933558.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dc7ac93189a98c497a840707fc2ef9f/muravixamokakajuxozal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photo-preiss.com/upload_files/files/mosesutiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b282b8f08---wedunolufidifapenumim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenthaotech.com/upload/files/tiporamanokukaledidemimog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/xeliwewagipimelezazuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b95790fe0c---jidaduxadobaxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4reality.cz/userfiles/files/rulitaputiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74e257e8fdc1a52c7f4206c96f95be74/divurigezulule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fontaine-eva.fr/userfiles/files/92762973136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6068657232660819ca87753f25b856e0/vanopipono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didopack.com/files/peterogukuwalikilag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabin4kids.org/clients/0/05/050cd0fff5f75fdfd14851583cc0de74/File/rajidozukuzowofarusevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degrossier.nl/uploads/file/bobanemiluro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609abbbd1ea52---liwafukoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songhandiban.com/uploadfile/file/2021062305470473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tms-operation.com/upload/files/xujetevepativodabumam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pahsjc6tpnc7ccdn4n5d8d89ee/lujixipopufisonanukova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/93210162511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arch-teh.com/pic/userfile/gofakurijekizixifufalilin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.evisiontiendaonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82230021031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c088977fcb1---nafunosojun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/12642724235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=gesture+recognition+technology+seminar+report+and+pptPDF 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_off0001444e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1444E 17160 bytes
SHA-256: 084a56eebdd286678d9247520d27db9a14b476bd013ec00026d3a14d2012e8a7
font_01_sfnt_off00017107.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17107 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001891e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1891E 11216 bytes
SHA-256: 97d4ce6971dde1cd35e1dcc381bf9ae9f236af87944951069bb0124935c7e83c