Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec3ad56c2433f58a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 08:15:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 903790c7a290fabe43a69eb9a5f0324b SHA-1: bc12f2569db2eb104c4e7b4937b153dc1e1a12f3 SHA-256: ec3ad56c2433f58a09f1f1678a61a20711c30ce2d6a39b03c223e484c55a48e4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c058eeafe40---85741033744.pdf
    • http://whalesart.com/uploadfile/file///2021060904235010.pdf
    • http://meyanko.com/userfiles/file///pitivoji.pdf
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/wogokivoredoxariremadoge.pdf
    • https://dadesigning.com/daduserfiles/files/jogilarulaxiwutojojes.pdf
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc4923606d---kewekufamag.pdf
    • http://goraku-sangyo.com/userfiles/file/11043992297.pdf
    • http://swiss-ex.com/8691157264.pdf
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a20ad4b59d---35841369922.pdf
    • http://zamokugrofa.sk/admin/fckeditor/file/40269613715.pdf
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef4b2a7ced53255b302c83416764d7a2/33639892415.pdf
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/91925347181.pdf
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6ec9169f5---rakuj.pdf
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160933a5a4116d---7031190975.pdf
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f3279c4cf2---85633864638.pdf
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/pavaziwuzodiru.pdf
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8459b91a3c9d114aad7ac44093c596f9/79930067608.pdf
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sbub3gmstb5uk8iurs1dpk5djv/6144265050.pdf
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88676a9b72b582f364ed39759f9c1768/48646823490.pdf
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/99196475352.pdf
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a2733bbeb---23386243159.pdf
    • https://pendekaremas.com/contents//files/xupibefomevifimogo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=chlorine+has+two+isotopes
    • 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_off00014cea.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CEA 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000164fc.bin
73b7e18df13d6eb3c7e0e334d23d937a800704d091e243e07cfbd53373a023a3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x164FC 18096 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00019450.bin
f38282b96b02ca2840605a4d092610f35cb914d139c79a28063ee8fc3200a016
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19450 10464 bytes