Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eeb255ede6086b0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 15:02:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 897586e88d86a3ec4ec8a9199ce06d3c SHA-1: 90a953884d1152c87929ad3d00bd75d7d97acb0f SHA-256: eeb255ede6086b0c1ea6f4acc75a9a26a568f2461635aad3263a0c6a0e075177
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary goal appears to be directing users to external, potentially malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware delivery, consistent with spearphishing attachment tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+take+a+screenshot+on+this+mobile PDF link annotation
    • https://propage.q-cloud.net/upload/ckeditor/pages/files/43597832348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abaj.cz/UserFiles/File/58100336267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2ea43c1be004f7bfeaf4b5f5521c5e2/wokefosaxodog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelausiere.com/upload/editor/file/1653135412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yenhuy.vn/upload/files/8367695644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parfumland.sk/upl/49016107830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://printific.com/images/contentimages/files/40016989922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613255107b8ef---10521232598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scherzerpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/54156841029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://border-collie.ru/sites/default/files/file/zejijuxumarirolixeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136cce4b7676---46683881241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmkaudit.sk/101/upload/file/33277571257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/49880033003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.amanuttarakhand.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xodijawiketunevizup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talk200.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/34907056644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d435ca6221c4167acf80fc3920dccf9/wonizuvobuvabolurenidedug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/tezofolitatukupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satuldelut.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rujugume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasnowosielski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fovaxeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axi-hohenstein.de/userfiles/file/bipif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://packagingandfoodmachinary.com/userfiles/file/7867508315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145c60db829b---fizapumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b331ff1e52---wafozoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613571db9c3c1---soluwatateluma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongbinhduong.net/uploads/files/25413769395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digivideos.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lolazubukuvosuredeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000de22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE22 18592 bytes
SHA-256: fdb6353b3028171b270fcc04fadc12be800b25d97bde7ad2520a5ac816deb17a
font_01_sfnt_off00010e24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001263b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1263B 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 1073600aa564bad595ecfdd2cb6d660df090d90750f83644b66c372b8268293b