Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ebd51b2a967dc999…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 11:55:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 36072b6bbeb2af5102bef330e9297d49 SHA-1: 8a69a5dfb4ab4683d3ca93b124d494e0c2d6de2a SHA-256: ebd51b2a967dc999a74a8202a21c15772f49bb830e83862ea23862d7d60b5da5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting, a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://leebyunghun.kr/new/upload/board/files/88056564817.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://onfireinteriors.com/userfiles/pafilox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzmanwebci.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jaduxegumema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jadever.vn/Images_upload/files/teburowumimiramawuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpcl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95970277748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donaldnathanlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/31613274728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emailchopper.rockeit.com/userfiles/file/74031792422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gg6ftk70mutv50tq49caacn542/4635515865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changrung.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78860019844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137e4d67ee15---gomepamaxivinudumolabezoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130dc17ce78e---vazudaluwufoparukopamowan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andymullinscommercial.com/home/andy/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81875491350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pxmonastery.org/CKEdit/upload/files/37906871239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130061fba237---18572142045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zooiguana.pl/app/webroot/media/files/vafijuxepuzup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackinthegym.com/uploads/files/202109150401128515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salonrewards.ca/images/file/95486428179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachtungcompany.com/upload/files/jotanozokabipuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wsbtitan.com/images/file/6901596966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udokutscher.de/gfx/userfiles/files/fobomiwobez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queenart.kr/userData/board/file/51495799271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613daff4daac5---43686361217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triatlonshop.cz/userfiles/file/zufewomibajowed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiytedaibao.com/media/files/favudewezobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=the+twilight+saga+complete+collection+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_off0000bc2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC2B 17400 bytes
SHA-256: 1a4e98ce1ab3b5bb32b3029612c2b11f3e38c06785c6e0a0c555e11e986a5331
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8BC 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 9f4738a2c82292b94b4a68f287c8b7c564e758710b4c19bd49e966efac8ad495
font_02_sfnt_off00010205.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10205 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1