Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ebd658e552afbf14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-08-15 17:08:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 0d23dc3c20c8d2e34fb01080f86e65c2 SHA-1: d0d5dfe12205dce0be2aee728c8dfee9a6929fea SHA-256: ebd658e552afbf14f924d82dda20140b1ce06d1a7749ef36f155d3401cab9b98
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm with multiple URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious content. The presence of an embedded JavaScript stream further indicates potential for malicious scripting, likely to facilitate the redirection or payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f976dece25---65252846329.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yogathoitrang.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/fotajaxugotifenebobarig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b52f4271425f2dd35e271ff183322fc/davotugemumirere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf6bda2886---resezotaripobimag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084864553851---fovazemafowadataburujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/foveluwax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuxusosukuwipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zussobrance.sk/grafika/dokumenty/51447081791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdd4a9a6853---runigujuviza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610786970d61d---38682748679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyeetomsfishing.com/userfiles/file/68325002073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aanugxqi.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11068954964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweefvlieg.net/userfiles/file/besoleroxujurebasibulomam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----dtbsgbucafmmaf.xn--p1ai/servimages/editor/files/8942948657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myshopgroup.com/userfiles/files/63051298277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075113145a2e---22983029738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nrg92u37unks2krl8o5jo8rdju/puwilidevakixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mini-garden.ru/userfiles/file/80926060854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theettiaresottawa.org/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/35017435113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6a230b580---vapevas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160feb42a8d95a---jakibitemawilotof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5iaefj5tj057o8s6h86enli6c/7146791318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjatkinson.com/userimages/5070180605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=forge+of+empires+hack+no+human+verificationPDF 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_off00010197.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10197 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 0139e8c588fa47339f7acd5fb3d25957691a35c45b9100ea2c9a36e2fe676ae4
font_01_sfnt_off00011b69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B69 19736 bytes
SHA-256: 64c05d0383a7993d0163127aaa13fafd4814a898b61089856428080dcdf12d5b
font_02_sfnt_off00014d2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D2F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1