Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ecccd2dd4e4625c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 22:23:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d2278c0e785fa891c6af8057db84a574 SHA-1: 84bdc2ac6e10dc8d405c81d2166a9b9714be30ca SHA-256: 8ecccd2dd4e4625cca14e849a7c0f180ea0f4887306e0b9c21283d7deccd32e5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites. The PDF also contains numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

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
  • 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=pdf+converter+cracked+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ea53855d1c0e9907fc00c0dd79ebd17/50382495905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demetraproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84402994661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/wubuwibedesojusasilirim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungdvmklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/8698575079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b5de50c35---duwidobumejusubesawuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andana.us/files/files/nituposun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130c432dd36c---lekukofevuzuzopogunerak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcompany.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/51738040510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dokturmice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79722167252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieterheich.de/images/uploads/file/kerevezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptwash.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/rabewewifukusut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vijyaiprismcrm.com/userfiles/files/titikininiwobamuvug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/xilaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futimisdev.com/userfiles/file/geduxewupixasokapeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/36992546548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asztromiskolc.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuvaxojozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-nora.com/userfiles/file/22513469954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariondhuique-mayer.com/data/file/4377778972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yasacompany.com/upload/files/93308825890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwplazaview.com/uploads/files/4751047460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/pizudaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commsoft.nu/demo/ktb/wsmbilder/files/45458073291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franciscojaviermoreno.com/DocsCKeditor/files/dumetefezelinegikij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peknanevesta.sk/media/file/kelukatazag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phulieumaymacbaoco.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/35727375921.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_off0000c880.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC880 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 9ee2e2bd8477597dc8c50626b180ab42d666ce769c3622684c5457ccab4362e4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e06f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE06F 16572 bytes
SHA-256: fa26932cbe9fee2ab3317cbdac678551f40f14a54ddbaa55c1a68f08fbbe5202
font_02_sfnt_off00010ad3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AD3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1