Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec8628c7043c647f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-09 04:00:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8bb056dbcb77fee2024b26e0d2aa6937 SHA-1: 36dc993e2f9d4c33b690c4e0d5413a94d83b1ac8 SHA-256: ec8628c7043c647fcc0ecf35ad81ad79efd787d8f8a5a070c5868665d9b4620f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. It also features numerous external URIs, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to lead users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+24+dragon+ball
    • http://tko.wavedev.net/img/files/files/motavapinerivodap.pdf
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134af0f29be3---91719028554.pdf
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/9046469904.pdf
    • https://satnamunicipalcorporation.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19801211516.pdf
    • https://lbjgold.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86857324115.pdf
    • http://www.macrolepidoptera.hu/userfiles/files/40778033817.pdf
    • http://sinosteelcode.com/filespath/files/20210903070659.pdf
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/70017943682.pdf
    • http://pop-around.com/file_media/file_image/file/gapupunujugonilemujaxifuj.pdf
    • http://crmloccitanecr.com/campannas/file/479076640.pdf
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161395bf8268e8---dulinironavukok.pdf
    • https://volpatoebrum.com.br/_common/admin/scripts/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vezom.pdf
    • http://rjbmachinery.com/d/files/19468993451.pdf
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161305d3784d9f---luwalaw.pdf
    • https://washlounge.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61500087375.pdf
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/le8pti5en8s85rpr6oodh98al4/xavekipamatiwupikalaku.pdf
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/86585889362.pdf
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57e3c779feaf1c2fe583a28c2808df2f/nupusomaj.pdf
    • http://audyt.rowerowaszkola.pl/imgturysta/files/begogepuxuwaluz.pdf
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2109021042137465554c4gi5.pdf
    • http://salonorganica.ru/upload/files/27684065298.pdf
    • http://fsnmmaterials.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/12147908814.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_off0000c524.bin
e0aff5d7b7135a1f251772e4ddac759ec0ce41471a308cf6c95b005c2c759463
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC524 19068 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f633.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF633 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010e4a.bin
786ba828fce72d1a90bd63748aa12778507170f712f252ba8419b262aead9ff3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E4A 10344 bytes