Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec0de0ca8a32ad6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-16 06:47:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bd0e539677b8931fd2cab1463ec8d792 SHA-1: b4c756122ddef784995ac64fd0d6ce4b74e366b3 SHA-256: ec0de0ca8a32ad6b0c2489d0d3ebeac854f58013c3bfe6311664cbe4ae4a505f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF document identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, presenting multiple URLs hosted on compromised websites, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of 'urgency/deadline' language, though low-signal on its own, supports the phishing pretext. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded URLs indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134db7b53b71---fivotararonenazod.pdf
    • http://taociren.com/upload/file/210910071314725436lch9jtir984a.pdf
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.cn/files/burubunikefikonomaxaduvar.pdf
    • http://kanoonkaraj.ir/dbmanager/filebank/htmlgallery/file///59694008341.pdf
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614208d4e2a5f---27200620262.pdf
    • http://stmrcstvm.com/userfiles/file/20178644374.pdf
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kojogevoritoxuxovapa.pdf
    • http://abwmarlboropike.com/uploads/files/24800363316.pdf
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u3prpnltvp21k962qi8mr4k157/kewoberilapuz.pdf
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7760d7554ef52c0f879eb7ab6efe012c/33273521803.pdf
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f450a39e56---pawigidaf.pdf
    • https://aviatroglo.fr/IMG/file/dudutezupofimikodamok.pdf
    • http://singer-island-condos.com/userfiles/files/24362567060.pdf
    • http://tarnava.eu/user_images/file/nukofokabobog.pdf
    • http://gandolfiarchitetti.com/userfiles/files/4842721663.pdf
    • http://gat-asset.com/CKEdit/upload/files/20738052284.pdf
    • http://abwvictory.com/uploads/files/zadin.pdf
    • http://ptaki.info/imgekoprojekty/files/kokuvowo.pdf
    • https://kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bukizazirunuziwa.pdf
    • http://hyunshin.net/userfiles/file/10057076981.pdf
    • https://www.iieng.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40576499917.pdf
    • http://geriatriccarenewjersey.com/userfiles/files/71468158985.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=nutritional+epidemiology+walter+willett+3rd+edition+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000df78.bin
197fc377fdca27af225b9dc7c4175ca9bc723b72d737706d04c4cafbdf51b586
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF78 11124 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f945.bin
3268750b032398a886cee198ce738c911ca69e2889fd25c41ef1387b2506a286
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF945 17984 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012870.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12870 16792 bytes