PDF malware analysis — malicious · ebea19caf6ea1f7e

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 18:13:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01

MD5: c0bb6f1226436f6143eca2bc65e0233e SHA-1: 8033d23edf0376b2f751b84277899c3997b3cd2e SHA-256: ebea19caf6ea1f7e0ea36e56f5bb9dca442759cb25c15fa22a4326178712b04d

196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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

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
LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND

Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
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.
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://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mkg340ib9tidnggg0uetq0e2ot/97487975170.pdf In PDF document text
- https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088eb54db571---vujopuzalewufawenal.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f185f6c62b---bapikoronuxivati.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://whiteplacard.com/UserFiles/file/loged.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://diamant-x.sk/UserFiles/file/8290313060.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://remoteworkerclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6763c0af8a40fed510a95a19c6f5ef5/1386848309.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v5j1c48k3cmdcths5pqfl4dlv4/jivaforubitisofijumol.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1da23e12d70f3843252fe6e9ed144a90/fefigajufomina.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b1a4a1ab8---fulanujuke.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9497d96d7e---lukelezewura.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eq47kgo5r69h8241ofv6ktcu93/pumovovitusas.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4e2e876ffe---lapuwaxedazizazujunovi.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://entryexpress.online/chapter_images/files/2093620282.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1151c3c725e51913caf6dffd7fab04d3/moluxal.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c3f790b36f150a12d06cab4b436053d/71973150033.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847d913fe31---4789201153.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://kham.vn/userfiles/file/24424734696.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9obgcba2dghe00mopvar93nchl/pazasapibuvezodetaluzege.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c44a3b13ddef6ded327f270e2f723bb3/37352271836.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ceaf30ee6a---xepetege.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/viduxugodutosixij.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/62972793682.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c71c8e665df---peduzuripowinegene.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/43583672846.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210526215229.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://weinquarIn macro / runtime command snippet
- https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=academic+position+paper+sample+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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`font_00_sfnt_off0000e3ae.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3AE	18204 bytes
SHA-256: `ddbbaac3e68860bd9fb917cd6c8cc5b1a2c7b885382bd4fb5f69a1d959a778cb`
`font_01_sfnt_off000112c4.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112C4	10760 bytes
SHA-256: `4f4556585f439458af84f9df08240bb7b2e7bb2abd697f5a2e0e509fe74ee775`
`font_02_sfnt_off00012b85.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B85	16792 bytes
SHA-256: `9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1`

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