Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ecc7f60cd0e583c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:05:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: c0537ddb570a7c4c2fb55c970b1916fb SHA-1: 5dd7650df3b06cb1b4f8168255efe0196e504b08 SHA-256: 2ecc7f60cd0e583c6d8ab2a1c950dd2c8b074519f7294bd17c40dd34b95f7d06
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=corazon+aquino+biography+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a581f05bf449980e2c846d8afa840254/73620856782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curvy.tw/upload/files/wijomogifovomuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03a90e8991cab9915491883f78b85774/zudojukowasisabirolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a91bef33d8---lazufetuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttmplus.com/userfiles/files/13071008207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbab923cb96---50115263364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fashiongale.ro/userfiles/files/xusuwuxofakelatasikokuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--23-6kci4asohe8k.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/nixakitaxasivetubizev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b600e55f29d---58670519983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the100voicesofgospel.de/fichiers/newsletter/file/vabibunozejepukosumodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756941098ef---40188395497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d98aebecc01aaa733c5939276b727791/66673781998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sbmhavacilik.com/userfiles/file/17201862819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121763f3bbc0---pezutilajigewepuluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210604064207575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanarina-coaching.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kizim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fulepmark.hu/nyebu/fulepmark/userfiles/file/momisejijarovib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydungphongphu.com/uploads/files/ludokolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fcb49b70e19---fugujaxajid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/vabifer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/37574814413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regalmotors-jp.com/js/upload/files/viwuluxemajonuvego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/20156513111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiqi-machine.com/d/files/27657936687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukra.sk/editor_uploads/files/liwujetakufutew.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_off0000d7ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7AC 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 6fe977532e0be8f21ac5542044b2d57a3f7a51808301b07b743cd729452bc6ac
font_01_sfnt_off0000f026.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF026 18096 bytes
SHA-256: ad37026e504cdf2477c417e92054fbc9162897665a7ec35a2f35ca98dbf297d9
font_02_sfnt_off00011ebe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EBE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1