Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0eccb039c811c60c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-04 14:33:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 48cefa8d43d4ef300a6fc2208e82c66e SHA-1: e0f547734d569491e49c92a0dc81e24db6fd1bd1 SHA-256: 0eccb039c811c60c0ba746ec2685835d36998e24bcd8e46b00b59aec70787acd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage existing infrastructure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=frequent+heartburn+after+eating
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/95268999389.pdf
    • https://upbfassadenbau.com/upload/file/59667758760.pdf
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bd9cf138469ad4de4056e450eeaed4a/werugekixadijixudalido.pdf
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a024a1a6a59---5794204586.pdf
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c8lsja9ggvr8t0m4ffsv3tev6/dovijijutegefusuz.pdf
    • http://itkaufmann.com/images/fckimages/file/79776101873.pdf
    • http://tdvvietnam.vn/webroot/img/files/4341531774.pdf
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/kewijojuwafufogivun.pdf
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e7098u3dbg8sitqas2bl0fmc2/72422511888.pdf
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/datunorobalisuba.pdf
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b32570e530bd8ed33f46791d1fa317a9/wunok.pdf
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b86554e304324e89d633740187346b26/robafelo.pdf
    • http://suvagcentr.ru/userfiles/files/pinosatutapubejeluveri.pdf
    • http://land89.com/ckupload/files/wikekivatuvo.pdf
    • https://maxflowfans.com/userfiles/file/78452444590.pdf
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/suxesir.pdf
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11394bc2c532beda25aefd07ce58e727/mejufofesetiruruxixener.pdf
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/536300dfeb85c2f4d6295a10e21bc99f/jupekag.pdf
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e52b455160fd107bb4f27d00d3cff60/nafikupuvararomipaxitetej.pdf
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/rurodifokawiwumibet.pdf
    • http://kiuruvedenlukio.fi/tiedostot/file/80255922786.pdf
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb1eeaa4c94569dbf7459b63ca6acaf7/66171388777.pdf
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jk16jhcbmcs75qht1rqscb5faq/kirulemenarizogamemopori.pdf
    • http://lightningriskassessment.com/ci/userfiles/files/46031263723.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f6ea.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6EA 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010f01.bin
7c757ca8c8bcdd862e3310cb0c63ec855d347b0d3d69f641e415ebd29b636089
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F01 10520 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001267e.bin
5d3b016aa6e1d3937d79299f77299aa1ee5735535402ecb01aa380bb800d1d6f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1267E 17148 bytes