Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ebdbef0bd55844b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 10:10:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6e378ffe6934f6595f420727db53c786 SHA-1: 7a87598f13a46ea293053c98e1f7708a0b68b950 SHA-256: ebdbef0bd55844b5dcda4b83d0c600649674feaa8cbfc492261a05df278ad82d
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and heuristic firings indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • PRC/3D content in PDF medium CVE related PDF_PRC_3D
    PDF contains PRC 3D content. PRC/U3D parsers have been a recurring Adobe Reader attack surface; treat as a related parser-exploit indicator rather than a specific CVE match.
  • 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.
  • 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 http://ambvetfanini.eu/userfiles/files/vugelitaxolez.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mlead.net/images/e/file/13373221955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csodamalom.hu/files/files/pazozafugukafazaveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/wimalur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd38ec384de---52120606582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b4ccbbba6---gesebulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fbbbe96d19b39057f0b63c85b3c4eb6/38846956292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/42190425866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaytonfa.com/upload/files/44023556331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c10920bbeb3---vabudunere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/75283240413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discovercefalu.it/_data/images/file/dubezitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/medudedudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc52a0810b---67763856366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canhtoanland.com/upload/files/36377501928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spamsmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/jatux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f076deac9c4---fubixixuline.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakehighlandsrw.org/clients/863582/File/xigakubalumanetejej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myparrotfood.com/user_files/files/binozefowizopom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fd9ef18771261e92ef373ccab4ae9bb/fogajubibajew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamuiboe.com/webroot/upload_media/19900274097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2a3be363e---rafopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u28snkkjk9mvrsn9d0pli8qp2u/rajivuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7b020569ee---17902722906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=rscit+paper+2+september+2018+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000d91b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD91B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f12d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF12D 22560 bytes
SHA-256: dbec50034f49f85a7a42b0a5afed7e34ac257c70c50dede53480528608075553
font_02_sfnt_off00012ae5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AE5 11552 bytes
SHA-256: db5f8aa7f91159d0c8b1a58010e52378d643f8d5366ce2295536d8aed556ef99