Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0ec247ef21e7b3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-13 16:23:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 66a8047428c8afe884966cdbd58a2505 SHA-1: 87b59b4cff8f76cf51ae34f769543f8caf5047b8 SHA-256: e0ec247ef21e7b3a2fa98b4ea8d6dc55b962129bf35a6e842b6eb304974cdd32
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on various websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133e3053f6d8---dakekoso.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jecoexports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/junudev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parentini.it/userfiles/files/kamelixujoxepotavukavafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takipbizde.com/calisma2/files/uploads/51717331326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ageddfjtj.pretty-match.com/upload/files/pilerikupuvofekajat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhouzhuank.com/v15/Upload/file/202193230517414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiokuda2.com/contents/files/zadaninakezewafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farashimirooz.com/files/tutamevoguniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/fesokuninejuneresepus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uq0qq71q6niknq9p9pqk42jbv3/13648463159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dellalontra.it/userfiles/files/pofoguximolarikixesoviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sambelteri.com/contents/files/liviwarumidizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lqknajp1vn9bfucddmo1jgtso5/88377080640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1utilaje.ro/mm/file/12900623336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b3dcab23a4---42133529886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/sofixadutodaveluxabesadad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/norubitepunalatimixam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njbeihang.com/uploadfile/file///2021091016050641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d54476cf65---lukimexafakejejuxowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rulife.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72176868367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rainhouse.kr/data/editor/file/3654633826133ecd979463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szalkasszorutacskok.hu/app/webroot/files/content/files/zeveki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekt-dom.pl/designhome/admin/userfiles/file/xoxenuwizuvinifimuninobaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joltiy.ru/uploads/files/xevefozujule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gimnazjum-krasiczyn.pl/img/userfiles/file/67563413300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://francescasciortino.it/userfiles/files/85312211857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=no+root+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000dfd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFD5 18508 bytes
SHA-256: a76f5e6de0c4d75b689b56ddb6c0d226c2778db80fe03d97dc9844acb8a85cf0
font_01_sfnt_off00010fe1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000127f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127F8 10148 bytes
SHA-256: 7bc92f7c5baffa3c5e18e97ff9bf939ce455168c75650a6be49788faab5cde89