Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec814873d28284a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-08-17 00:25:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 38baa66e0bd93f42651f1e9adbc73d2a SHA-1: 4ad9cbbd8cd8d53d1e2eed15c30bb2079fce938e SHA-256: ec814873d28284a4421d9f4ebdf732dc4e1fb91618ca08415695eb1e23a81181
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure and URL analysis strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://hoavily.com/uploads/files/gokis.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://goldenbaycruisesagent.com/userfiles/file/29618899166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f450ab814eb---valugisoliri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/41425834430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/84965255649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keyflounge.nl/userfiles/file/pifasemulufod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.injamal.es/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rikeseranibatomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westhygiene.hu/editor_up/gololodorilafigirezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38gcgo3gs8v6oimqgb27g3bp5n/44975937289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confetti-seasons.ru/upload/files/97088920186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b26f3c18904f278908baca386f906633/47107579099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c67fa014ba21abf1b85f144fc1d06176/binegezibiwifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2833f3f67fe5714c1158f756aed065d/81513719825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wannawwannie.pl/userfiles/file/nulenod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b3c729e07c29f22fcc83167bbff9c79/xigobufozufero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/nigakagavulogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c720c2adf73---magibileluterumefiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pjkconstruction.ca/images/file/63337852803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886d4f61a8b---98675001241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/sarowunekuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sopobadamulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29cb87bd06---fakerupojokupezid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c976e86510b---gakivesimiwedojitija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d139c11c0b7dd55aadee8e80d316d933/tefunaxekedusilati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+your+font+size+on+skypePDF 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_off0000e170.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE170 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f982.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF982 17508 bytes
SHA-256: 4a7569bbb4b370ee706ba2064592b93baab52a8860fcb0fea74bcd5851976df8
font_02_sfnt_off000127b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127B0 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 45c9eed9872bf18e2f2ea8cdfb9950e712afffaa879e17570d628de8f94d7042