Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eebdc4d2635aa7ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 06:56:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a9eee49d327297c07c15b074ecd875a7 SHA-1: da5e78c0a80ed67c9939d81be6dbc8b98bc7c68f SHA-256: eebdc4d2635aa7cea7c3e2d5a718c0d43c0037acf78e31d807e20cfb4c805ae0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the heuristic findings point to a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://zeroseistudio.eu/userfiles/files/lupevidozifikapozusivin.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a25f5c45840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permagnet.com/upload_files/file/2108272248051959102n6it1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsfinancialconsulting.com/userfiles/file/vagitapaxawitafirubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metrocars.london/survey/userfiles/files/xafalanaminavapivusojagos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114c5df28de7---29516895366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ef127840648c2b199e781df289e3692/71269845314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geose.ru/userfiles/file/zivotomevivona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.com/article_ressources/file/99720239421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.dk/upload/20754025213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782d4a0b7fe---dojumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e3df7cc74b0f8fde892c38de027e111/8471804195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e9997b3030---zirosilazugopasapovile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/sovenexudekenegajibojires.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tempatpasang.com/contents//files/56695874885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/fazafuvifujev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgranit.pl/userfiles/file/8436570369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pngroup.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74982803328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ti45blnur2s1k71oho7jjorios/foseparijijol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01cdac72800fb24f58e5e1728c7b0de3/37123421597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entrackintl.com/uploads/sijujugefipopofatub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f776be1dff---pidifiruvolorul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d4b99247b7---tizapugarugedos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=electromagnetic+induction+and+alternating+current+notes+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_off0000c088.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC088 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 389352b7d2586dd638f14ca5833d527f4b6c039ea62c84e064f4cdba7c485031
font_01_sfnt_off0000da06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA06 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f218.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF218 16408 bytes
SHA-256: feeecea1ffae7ea6fa62d0f9cb054e142a8355f925d77fde5d91e15513da3dae

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