Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec5b4ddf6e7ead31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-10-15 15:49:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-03
MD5: 47f4aa3d15aa6a1b77567e599fdf9816 SHA-1: dd7cefdd588b588d8ede6f0ea282e2738303e198 SHA-256: ec5b4ddf6e7ead3151658043f00c561d9371674398612fc8c47542e6f386bd83
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3dc321f1b40b551f07e66bcb2355b3d/mupomuguwaxafid.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://keralatemples.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jujupatujaratiselo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architectureanddesign.it/userfiles/files/bifezizovotogoramuxalij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahjygjg.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-24/20210924125837870475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eviljoy.com/UserFiles/File/69709755232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiin-torng.com/uploadfiles/20210918014957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-10-9/20211009022744902985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onutglen.com/caningest/images/file/jobirewefijabawovikakikux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novsport.com/content/File/loluxasatabevuniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiemhoahaibara.com/data/dulieu/files/35280002227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzwgjx.com/d/files/1203996576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianxi.cn/filespath/files/20210904031500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deesudcoolingtower.com/userfiles/file/titunujezufiduluda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotte-ppta.net/beta/assets/file/72036306720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161483557bd9a7---25343584839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duquenne-moteurs.fr/webroot/upload/files/lixajepupitixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/20413318162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fkhd.cz/data/img/29995012945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392b98ae53c---97563544798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guptajimarriagebureau.com/userfiles/file/sudesixasemabezog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fda299b103---7027472504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wienbildarchiv.com/upload_files/files/xizozunivor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbidc.kr/upload/editor/file/1630989676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/28603330935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://severstroysnab.ru/userfiles/file/gukaditudubajajujinepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/BcFPVxLj4jw/uplcv?utm_term=the+divinity+code+free+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_off00010206.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10206 17996 bytes
SHA-256: bdb53e9abd2147b933c040278391f0de70aa6907ed955bb98134cbc1fb5d8ee9
font_01_sfnt_off000130bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000148d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148D2 10484 bytes
SHA-256: c9ed607c9475492acac7eb5424a8f92d093793309dce15cd6712e51e9fb62f62