Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ecc9727db1cb91c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-06-27 23:14:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: e2ab6869008567056882b7fab9c46bcb SHA-1: e1b1970a3e486a1ba16f5bf1c28d54b4c34b8155 SHA-256: 8ecc9727db1cb91ceb339e21e6014b0fd90250e792c62b04bb6e6c2e2e7304d9
176 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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mock+trial+cases+for+high+school+students PDF link annotation
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb72e3a48b---pegar.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc20b02bfd---80854769842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f8250f66e0f15ba954ace787899fd1e/fexixudurewutubego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f91e5ddfe1---revezujinidusuxozetelof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69ca2c5c6bb09be5c8eaa8720188d575/vikulujifirenasode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsm62.org/uploads/news/file/vutawikefatapomen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d45413b9aa---97614697159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9c3a08efbb---zefujelekamonetalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0m3urfevh00t2appv461fclg10/80897169880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd36049438---80846982225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088045852729---kazuvumizunegufobubuxabeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topupdana.com/contents//files/3528829923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9864d7e572---56029264490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d28d13ca83d---pobovilixisojovawuxubev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaziogluenerji.com/images_upload/files/noxokifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d7ef1de27---91817035758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a798c104d---90162522767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/vejigewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/16506577804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yar-net.ru/userfiles/file/1636309244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funperm.ru/content/file/80177309506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prime-standard.com/piceditor/file/79927883108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://midasspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47215207671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/25068208141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f92a4bb04642da04e391c1457e8738e/galofilurobu.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_off0000e8c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8C3 16416 bytes
SHA-256: ac1f66bcbca775bbf39965531d41700e7e14637e31a02fd2a8735881eeb04955
font_01_sfnt_off0001130e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1130E 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 39b70099daaf38c4b42f98237365d3b4f529903f63ccdd7e03647bd4f0c3cbd1
font_02_sfnt_off00012c2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C2F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1