Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec464b0c91f5a88c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:00:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 80eb23c8e183b82a7d42149d7aa3c0ca SHA-1: b44f4317b61d5ed605c093391b311b2833f3fc3b SHA-256: ec464b0c91f5a88c6cd96eed664132a9f51d9e25572aba378b956321968b75aa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous URLs hosted on potentially compromised websites, including WordPress uploads. These links likely serve to redirect the user to phishing pages or download further malicious payloads, as indicated by the ClamAV detection and ML classifier.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/83575258889.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://badaranquehablar.com/userfiles/files/vimaziwekilibetojus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aygroupmuh.com/image/files/tisefekevosanumax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48128887504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49f353968f---10500238319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highrise.pl/file/lulovojufariwosiwupavusak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd614f0bfe8---72902990885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/madamarabuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b4747570c---84136207916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computer-rudolstadt.de/upload/file/xezova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwallacelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xotubefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m7utjeo80mnvs977d6bd8o6lck/tapebekiwuxaxexujuxiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legouic-peinture.fr/userfiles/file/48693440805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116965616052---60056174891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cs168.tw/upfiles/editor/files/vewuwokaledexuzijozasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8489b2e3372105afb802abe97a1015aa/80543767855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://athaj2.specialty-match.com/upload/files/74982547404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/524aa2d97bf898deb34f55f1ae4913bc/68609190942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enovosti.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zimexavivavuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wheatland1971.com/clients/25033/File/34114014555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tano-cable.com/d/files/79956236909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1akwe.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/gurubupifunuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=simplesmente+acontece+pdf+minhateca+gratisPDF 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_off00011ea8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EA8 19064 bytes
SHA-256: ebb8b70f90b887cdfce75fc7f6b1fb79569a894df7302ba2046f985c908c380b
font_01_sfnt_off00015082.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15082 11140 bytes
SHA-256: babd45ed0331c9b2ecce584a5bbdbe370b6d6865086347815ced6f71dd8282e5
font_02_sfnt_off00016a14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A14 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1