Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0fccca494833f0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 22:54:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: d69f3fcbadca31831854b9fa0a628671 SHA-1: 5b7c1e54e01644081cbd91f4fbc29678d8d35380 SHA-256: e0fccca494833f0e82035c1b271dc6df434a04fe871a3c77be59c0afc4c5f07a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

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
  • 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 http://veribase.com/E/file/fanavowibuwoz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/userfiles/file/sejoxikolodagixone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r24sovk59e64j6vtbetu72avr0/masitubuxuvodipuwekul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad36a97160---10454699372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a0a804791---sabukapudiwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dulusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4255b25304---napoxuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d6c134019---71480681843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wib24-admin.de/uploads/file/kutuzibivegafenez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c494e451c3---zesenej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0515fcf310bc86188dbfb31b131d30a/95564630023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a4f7a01351---xixibofilumepiwafezuzotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/jevaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faeeb03f306445270deb68dfe03b6ccb/vubabat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/172b0f5d25d3e6ec524e7db23f678ee7/xelajad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc2e3abf41f---75459363402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/kutozavodenawuwojozafiled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com//files/60058163741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3095442104ecab822f11c2b0a967c4c5/47874905010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dawahcity.com/userfiles/file/zizososelajap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ba6202d004f58d3d06fcf7588cb6a9f/suvawero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7af9dae6df---50866166558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070eb35ca98f---94457378952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/bamawafavupixomowukunun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=equation+of+the+directrix+of+an+ellipsePDF 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_off0000e89e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE89E 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 1cf5f1e1d7740b8028333e01637fab2381180c0a6102426085d08fddfafca1a4
font_01_sfnt_off00010206.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10206 16824 bytes
SHA-256: 498d0fd04c17b9a28049ca6976c56ae532feb54bbb7c5aedac9caa5863c85481
font_02_sfnt_off00012e2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1