Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ebcb3017a8c93782…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-08-02 18:55:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 83a1c4e1196dea4fedbdf2bfd3c858d7 SHA-1: 15d9c0ea88953f498de92904248e5b2dee1a3796 SHA-256: ebcb3017a8c937824e2616a2cd22ccb71913ae3d070f104664e1eeda0d7cd50c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are commonly used to host phishing pages or further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/6232640502.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cbb4d56f2---tolobisusakewelever.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/55245532230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/99861251874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/bizogekufawadil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb257b865a1---89331554855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/21069622183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/80261229703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drnanemilk.com/tctt/sites/aaa/file/zotunezijuduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.org/contents//files/39152468443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adams-gold.ru/archive/image/file/gigukuvulexidupoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kadipupataruvoforila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11956db43f---fasuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archi1919.com/smlclub-files/file/taliridur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082985fd1811---tazelavipisipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d6246a7b3---kazodidafefolepifip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/90288797004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608845d321d46---lixopizodiwewavovaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086cdd6e733d---karodalasobakexewisasubad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/vibobenilaxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1606d081c72074---90956029859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/mijewutetilasazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8623364270320415fb25dd49533a6d46/63992313360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/molonixesunasuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+we+classify+sedimentary+rocks+according+to+texturePDF 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_off000104f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104F1 17332 bytes
SHA-256: 8bda783ca43c72f4de286bf9bb863e8baa0a8764c3edbf35659d57a8fc98c96b
font_01_sfnt_off0001327f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1327F 11304 bytes
SHA-256: a8798584f51cc36ca738897a3416a1ea622b41352e646db44930bd62c7bc5e33
font_02_sfnt_off00014ce1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1