Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec395f485e126af5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.5 KB Created: 2021-06-25 19:18:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 79b7289e954d54e5a270f6d5cc581ddb SHA-1: 4f34b6a7a5179af527bf0449f103a3922556a718 SHA-256: ec395f485e126af58ad2ee54096a130916bcb550b0302141e3d592cd28e3192f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of numerous links and the nature of the hosting suggest an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9806

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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.
  • 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://ylpcl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/porevofexekolu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae5752e149b---jamumola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dajuicebarus.com/uploads/files/tazojetigezujaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607920d80684d---pofogojigesodaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestaerospace.com/uploads/file/sigusaturukolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c26563d43839008fd863d561e237d21a/rotojifinejenedaval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91f95c211d5dcba942639bd433e592b0/dudiroma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/vetukopevozufagoxapeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/68519076495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9caed7b0ca2c8ae144a97e38e839c4c3/95577453997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambridgekapurthala.com/damana/userfiles/file/jagutenovixutad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607795a9d148d---52235510926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/61500964931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///96641909013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/toriji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ee4737019---muxokexopenifagibexugap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uklq8clikto14s0u3ensn7m9p2/jifidadimixebana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/236da3341144f247a21ef52b4656e591/22580778454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2cb28da5e5a5075ce736c5ec919b01f/60615130611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/289bfb9bcf9c8c5cf543067297959d63/nixikixobidopubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f878cfe2f69384f8f53903714ba5809e/392208682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1ba4e1ce70---mabolumukegiruvopiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=definition+for+digressPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off0001062e.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1062E 18560 bytes
SHA-256: cadde167086f9c5a6fc8ed32ee6d7a8455f2f167070cabbc1f0b6ade59ef472f
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF08 10320 bytes
SHA-256: 4c38ee40d9117c290eaf18148a4a925ed390fc244d34914be3bccc86cb5959ee
font_02_sfnt_off0001247e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1247E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00013c90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C90 26720 bytes
SHA-256: dde7a9e06af1236a9c95dab4f42a8ce316bb422af05e35745e551d877c427cbb
font_04_sfnt_off00017c89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17C89 3464 bytes
SHA-256: a8161c2f5ba9235eb51b4fcc43b6bb219725019365cb8d38f9ec25dfe5ce54ff