Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec52623287873dd7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-06-25 17:27:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fc55be3f173ca154ce5b5db1327a7a3f SHA-1: 66410e3cd5118e2b4353db568aec05f2a1ac4965 SHA-256: ec52623287873dd708127b0e7601ef6baa0094ebc4c217ea819fe9c7fdecf62e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=arch+22+gambia
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a60e0a39b3---40675225818.pdf
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/73635397648.pdf
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5e6f699628---4347909750.pdf
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a86f251ec0---xikefezetukukunazut.pdf
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/wemuvabixitaxexepifas.pdf
    • http://shtaket46.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/fabajokozepogip.pdf
    • http://qca.ch/userfiles/file/22975231198.pdf
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0749ceadafb0f5a0919f8ff78e41b04f/18544566509.pdf
    • http://vandientuchinhhang.com/upload/files/11670801983.pdf
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160bfcbf2d4a4c---bibozililepejoso.pdf
    • https://privatecambodiatour.com/userfiles/file/50712433932.pdf
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de5bfcapck2t5d774m9a8dpm8e/6905240907.pdf
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c417708d337---mirotafoxominawamuwizuw.pdf
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/22108836860bfa514adbbc.pdf
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/65906882495.pdf
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ehvd2cr0oga9nolgrifs5clh90/27623307320.pdf
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8406422467---voxubetulolupawuz.pdf
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/givimeboxixexigulala.pdf
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3884aab234---panonixuvabuvaforavowag.pdf
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc5bed247e0---7634325714.pdf
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b43825ccdb9934920aa2824d2eef26e/sepepitepu.pdf
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53eea9cd6a7f65eb4a187cdc75e90d7f/libez.pdf
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b78d0dccb3f---62729676845.pdf
    • http://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39944218324.pdf
    • 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_off0000cf0d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF0D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e71f.bin
05964b2935647b7946d859ee963b4f93c12029e41bb2f53ed9938e15988c78a7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE71F 18064 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000116ce.bin
845e15fa4f9bb6c8c176890ec16a99e4047f9845a2c4eba38530837eea352547
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116CE 10252 bytes