Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec42cd7041fe79f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:29:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3025f7c10967ee1052fb0af68fa3be15 SHA-1: bb162233cadbb5c2702c9aadbcb5ea4ff652169b SHA-256: ec42cd7041fe79f1e46a395e45b654d486a56baaa7824ec31dd709699dea1fe8
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The 'Image-only document with action trigger' heuristic indicates a common phishing lure technique where a visual element hides a clickable malicious link. ClamAV also detected this file as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/860eh7fapsq29hr01hpfr5p684/deteriguzokuwe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7pf9u7p5vmjbu06nnmd3oe7ip4/90555535657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulf-rope.com/images/bulk_images/files/tifufisigobomiwivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fpole.ru/sadm_files/58478147926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/puvimibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3dfe4b9462---xowolexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.serge-valentin.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tawilibevozikiziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/fixudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nrkt1qklf98jsio13e5n179m7g/46890442273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecohort.biz/userfiles/files/dokagajosiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xigmatek.com/upload/files/xudexavugawesefeweduzuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/310279fde548d8397117ae934d51f4b5/81447269680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090805aded40---bomajagafagiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d81344cc147---85232141883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2baa093baa---kesefagogifijafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/fegemawivuxigexed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ofipapel.org//ckfinder/userfiles/files/29618923688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd95a55153---fowisig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://momsystem.ru/public/file/tuvesunadobepuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zonudig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duancanhotot.com/upload/files/92946167783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/gixerofidugisalonagajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cobrawire.com/userfiles/files/zerisimovotulekolizebopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=economics+class+10+globalisation+pdfPDF 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_off0000b2b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2B5 14108 bytes
SHA-256: dfd56239a6487e844ce25c1befc68fdb97ef3765296d523e8484ec943568ff21
font_01_sfnt_off0000d581.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD581 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED98 11028 bytes
SHA-256: c1c0bc0c4e0cd10a491fa59d2cd6efba5663ba03c4d3242618bfd6d6341d88e7