Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec7684758bebe893…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-10-04 15:49:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 6deb8b62a6c5f7d629e15163dcb15943 SHA-1: 43639819427874b2d75e473ed18be657176edf2c SHA-256: ec7684758bebe893b49b6d970b44ff4b521b9eadf8bd286f0583df67b29b27d2
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 pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ohm%27s+law+in+easy+language PDF link annotation
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e1e444391394681a4b8ffde3cc558f7/78137190765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140db0f1199a---merudibufosukibud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sistemkabin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65053014454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solelane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39285400464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bankkrtya-41a.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wudemozivunemuxijuzun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137c91d2d312---38769566743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://odlingfamily.com/userfiles/file/71096220373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/56550056273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3m18.com/images/editor/files/22562629349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.com/userfiles/file/nivekalelavezukagal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26a70283e55fb3929b2481e27429c7cc/milak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.padanguparduotuve.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22407920897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preciz.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/jefadajusupuvasibirepep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mattig-accounting.bg/fisiere/file/natifoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nataliashishkina.com/userfiles/file/lanujep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/37648488153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krukewittfarms.com/userfiles/file/96618413301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/58475254184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144d69c4ce91---jutonevururu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udelimpa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nimoperanevoxixubagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16158a985ae517---79399053684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malifer.hu/upload/file/26439480372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manegedebuitenwijck.nl/uploads/file/78780431656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bankkrtya-41a.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vimepezubasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annassteen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lixafokenozafikegeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ed9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED9B 10596 bytes
SHA-256: d9f5f7b2e8c00c6cd53d7f0346824877132d11d3709e0517ef2efc072db594a6
font_01_sfnt_off000105c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105C1 20564 bytes
SHA-256: 425bc4266bed911408ac1eb5e97c65ccdf2a80f8730f7e28ac54f4c178ffb7c0
font_02_sfnt_off00013ae9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AE9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1