Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ec55c4ef1e49e90…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-07-26 22:48:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b6babe06ab966506cda4073cf60db182 SHA-1: 7c9e639e87b25005b9452cc0fd1aa34534103e05 SHA-256: 0ec55c4ef1e49e90159f6ae0e575e6c3dc0b1fbdc212fc7a01e4a49f3c7bde47
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely contains instructions to decrypt or access a password-protected archive, a common tactic to evade security gateways. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggest a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://szekszardportal.hu/userfiles/file/vevunow.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dgdvot2ik1iv8m0gva5b3t8g20/zitidumux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/471af3f7823dd9fb255a387e68e39d60/6798994997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e4cb27cb8---wafipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1n1r784il0qb7o6e787576bjau/latitem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ndt-tl.ru/upload/file/49479382955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/79348134089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/81633172561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b84d5655a---83105709004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-design.de/userfiles/file/51503172078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/bozif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/69285492556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://builderall.info/userfiles/file/tixeruridupujagewukufozup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://33mobility.net/uploads/files/bepifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10b6b8e138a9541b7c49cecaeda58c2e/8643607097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrashed-alsaleh.com/userfiles/files/62646322042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3329c4cea5f7d0c70eafc8b256d27aec/nuleturug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.groupementpecheduloir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pibegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serviceservice.eu/userfiles/file/44290691561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26c617bae12d72be697d10045708ca77/80378189465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topaldanang.vn/uploads/image/files/15501155675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4gea5v1i4mi2cm0kbgghh0f8ko/67694030771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d14319436828a47cbc050eb0e65ec56/41724999603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6ef25cc21---jobawurajunizosozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=need+for+speed+underground+3+gameplay+pc+highly+compressedPDF 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_off0000ef26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF26 17364 bytes
SHA-256: 7530ed018830386e3bccdb75ea95eb859cfb97fc23a05186e48a436987196f94
font_01_sfnt_off00011cbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CBF 11332 bytes
SHA-256: c1a876cd8c7c39b7792e9e72225fb9b24dfa9aff12f44333832f36c8862f7173
font_02_sfnt_off0001370a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1370A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1