Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ecac2796be177a08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-08-15 00:34:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 94003d4ac0200783efaecfa6a24a0cd0 SHA-1: 0a87a5e44bb9091ac594a1c151327d1aa7369219 SHA-256: ecac2796be177a0886a190e43b296eeccff2c44d70733f9644ec947874549479
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9mer0irkhb2nh11h8us9g6n94h/63058744204.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f166564e99---tibikomekuriritorozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ewhamd.net/upFiles/ckeditor/files/zuzisosimobufesetonasaser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c83b80dd11c456ff351521a05e64832e/jusimezexaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valsadindustries.com/userfiles/file/wagibibibitaxamonogop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donahoelawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/20814278382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoolcontracting.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/58546757535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6a90f3622---puzubufiminexagukatidede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc52d69a66b45f229a9b3c9266d96f5d/rufoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homestayhoian.vn/uploads/image/files/1307016502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf24d32234b---mavewikegixupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega.kz/media/upload/files/89356709477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/20210513/210513131026530541o706jtgpd2x1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754836d0b9a---likejajajewonaxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprywatnaleszno.pl/userfiles/file/sogosobibizipafebugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lugakitori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupburuemas2.com/contents//files/94490186045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja.ua/userfiles/file/lumojudafabasasolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/didoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acae18142984b371efb5c71e49f91c96/kubogew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cjd7317r0jettrama6iral6vo5/32631920819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f57b4360e---18439917791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livinglearningandworking.org/clients/e/e0/e05af8355f71d8da3aa90f500b9284b3/File/72886392453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=roblox+robux+redeem+sitePDF 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_off0000dab8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAB8 16968 bytes
SHA-256: 57a0ecf546847cdecc7cc5c36444df67f956e14ff56eef92cb6deee03d906f81
font_01_sfnt_off000106f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F0D 10528 bytes
SHA-256: 0fe6389c0733d0dc0f0b928b6aef8e2b7efb0d151ef807cec5f361cd8bebf116