Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec852cd29e4f5248…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.3 KB Created: 2021-10-03 04:10:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6df280c8dc1536e4a7d97de0b8decedb SHA-1: ffde321a121c0b0804febb5395641f3d469279fd SHA-256: ec852cd29e4f524877c753def16d66259f2fc1ac60a666b93680cdad223ae7ac
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as an image-based lure, typical of phishing campaigns, containing numerous links to external sites. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5307

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 62 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=you+in+asl PDF link annotation
    • http://boschvietnam.vn/files/usersfiles/files/zupapumevofugapili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isigakizima.net/img/tmp/file/sukogeduberuvim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunway.me/ROOT_PATHuploads/file/080213238709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafconsulting.pl/Upload/file/biruwusekovitirisepoxofax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-group.com/upload/files/99198707168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byecook.com/ckupload/files/63820447530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alteredcompta.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37302577243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l2eggd1q7tv7vko4ce1pt6nl0a/25831715049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prasongp.com/file_media/file_image/file/xegumobibogevufefijagisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etadelloro.it/images/file/limira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propage.q-cloud.net/upload/ckeditor/pages/files/xetubonudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabobuszrendeles.hu/files/files/pebatum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watfordfairtrade.org/app/webroot/img/files/wanowelegowoxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://defrokatilai.lt/images/files/popokuzodelurezipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazhonghua1688.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69147017850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/fezekawigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahrugs.com/userfiles/file/doroli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/lokefawopamew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://6nergy.fr/6nergy/sites/default/user/file/78579430704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranthachcaodanang.com/uploads/image/files/ginara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/082a5e9f9bc102c41ce68cb7eaa730fe/15175814810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614461ff1c97a---mafipuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaomattroi.com/uploads/news_file/61404024054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmpallet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mumuradakokiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cairparavel.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/59244259879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b2ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cac1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAC1 9856 bytes
SHA-256: 8bc5fee4903408dba8d380a597a1b85f75d6c8c0caed7bebb5ca285adb611b47