Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec2d3f56ce2dadc7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 00:04:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 90f2dd724a56397f3eeb0bd3956f0817 SHA-1: d52f78109d9ac82768279c636a6ff1607c9f3ca4 SHA-256: ec2d3f56ce2dadc762b775eff2cd5182d7212d996a8e61a575cfd50e86fb6795
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The primary URL suggests a lure related to installing software, indicating a potential phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9829

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=happy+mod+install+latest+version PDF link annotation
    • http://airelimpio.mx/img/editor/file/wasapijepetiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaskills.rs/files/1273865664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rezidencianestor.sk/app/webroot/files/ckeditor/files/92646673910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adium.ru/userfiles/file/83987501093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorcefinance.nl/uploads/file/23120950021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b920690d1---mivagimevaxorisusupulibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thestarbusan.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_8978B9907C9F9346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique-u.biz/images/uploads/file/91444067252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southerncross-ex.com/images/blog/file/fujajizeworidudibapuban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinieurope.ch/userfiles/files/61253849276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprzybranowo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1211601880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136addfd67ae---77923304716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a6fb8a6ed1---gekinati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gok-maciejowice.pl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72910601993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/9412785180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dental-forum.ru/userfiles/file/neganajaxikugoruwaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euronet.stonavka.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sulunukataxiler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsonplastic.com/uploads/userfiles/file/33733452205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog/file/xavarapunewomibex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bcbf44083e---82962555349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alugutader.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60802144440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkmate.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210901_97C264244E4FFBFE.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136f20768d59---tigimelulumarisejan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speckrepej.com/upload/file/depasimisavajijemoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24c4e2207c34605e543c459cd3abdb05/72894413145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs.tom.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tesalemonavimosupid.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_off0000cb73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e385.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE385 17324 bytes
SHA-256: 1146ff1d988b90ce162b3102715e3acf3638244a0ad5da43048e4d4ff28e030c
font_02_sfnt_off00011089.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11089 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 252fdd84bbd2f3c37d25bc327bce1e9fcdc580fa2f0af8ba1408b073df5d2055