Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eefb938ea64f00d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 14:47:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1b705777f739e254e6f0030e6ab8c9aa SHA-1: 7530ff8a13a584be3085b680ed63c5adbe889ade SHA-256: eefb938ea64f00d8f527f190bc80801397e001f15b95fc270f09beb30bd2cb6e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics indicates a clear intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=unlimited+car+driving+simulator PDF link annotation
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613101bb28ea2---zulatum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f37346c186106b7ad2ccfdafb66c3200/50798403584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bharatiyabhashaparishad.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lulepifalixoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sukienmiennam.com/userupload/files/tefubapunulogavunonorax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukvoznaika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87537926041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spain-ex.com/images/blog/file/korafoxuvatiger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxfreepoint.com/file/47056589169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dulsuc.cl/userfiles/file/rebemiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atmaircenter.com/lb/userfiles/files/xugimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tmtteks.com/files/25295346200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ac387e7dca---zinoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/93303247416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355f8d97523---65383454513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161450ef5e47b2---24725094673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mansiya.com/uploadfile/files/pumepilakimefekimad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://consultingexpert.eu/fckeditor/userfiles/file/43278601698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.como-grup.ro/fisiere/file/lowisupisejara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardensyellowcab.com/admin/images/file/15820503579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoastlist.com/userfiles/file/bipojugixabobijakuxufuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kinel-hunter.ru/upfiles/file/84757802379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wudagufusod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stvorki.ru/files/file/98809542407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tumsad.org/img/editor/image/file/jubugiki.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_off0000b6b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ceca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCECA 10888 bytes
SHA-256: bcaa044c9f586b61cc09035c3a0bc306e43b8a6dd01bd52d12262c12dbdbffc6
font_02_sfnt_off0000e7b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7B9 14768 bytes
SHA-256: d3d66f3533ee09b685807a424f6fbca34632af47859c61d8f436e320a3f0e840