Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04ecceca15465468…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-08-01 17:01:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 576d7cd953540cf917da87b2c5ed48d9 SHA-1: 970b1c119387c35fcf84446175125d33f828ba47 SHA-256: 04ecceca154654683d969339adf416778d8fcb40e7107180b830c9eb6b6a78ef
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a tactic for SEO manipulation or phishing. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports this analysis.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c40daf0f428d7a7f5e146dce39b6c43e/lolupetukakilidez.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8f8116070bfd65ed52797219050325f/rarolivunevelagowuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campfirewtx.org/userfiles/file/gakalilat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb488c0ea1---2035652738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f76f2ae731859f4a502cd027c888ba66/98386640836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntwbearing.com/UserFiles/File/888990023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a464f6e5b0---65874477645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/sekasawujegikojas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb1bdd3876---nasewegedadonono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/1283510668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellerisland.com/files/xakiparad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mondialardesia.it/file/finezixowokomunuluxudoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/jonigowelavawerimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a8691bffb8---28179652162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095fdea5ed2d---lonagepexewisejima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z500.si/files/85433430130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/38686476302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6pci8gg9fgnmejtpte3555aogb/41080837138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/murapukozafovokewiwoxuseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0f928c8f07---wilumupepebuzezisesawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5098f3742e1669f945323472e4607ec8/timajokawakuvutula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igigeothermal.jp/userfiles/file/16936813162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91d047cb3996fd369a319e1d3a9b0414/depipalitumedolofalotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dsami.org/uploadfilefiles/dakelisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ac1f284e073e6a372cd9362b19d7d81/3669680576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=lugar+mitocondrial+donde+se+realiza+el+ciclo+de+krebsPDF 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_off0000ef41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF41 11064 bytes
SHA-256: fd32248db917b13a2f77787b28248da3fb866320791ada9385c57dc68ab437c6
font_01_sfnt_off000108d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120E5 18652 bytes
SHA-256: 4b6890382aabb1b6be8798dd82f6350d6b073a10a69b16d3d754949253c876fc