Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ecad623ce906cec7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 18:48:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b16d63918e768700e66d818d1f72ef0d SHA-1: 79416e5dd21f694049ede561cf51db84732d1432 SHA-256: ecad623ce906cec7972d2f85719299bac68cf9a76c991548cd5e23a8d17c5830
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and contains embedded JavaScript. It also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple potentially compromised or malicious websites. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to download further payloads or redirect users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 http://taxilitomerice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46464804432.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nenanhduong.vn/Upload/files/detadaguve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanurichurch.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nitofaxijarujenemudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/wofezumiwanuruwotewes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.at/upload/vafezipupufulajudom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enovosti.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82869246137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a83710bcf38---xijidewunibalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.pl/userfiles/file/88744458226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skvacations.com/userfiles/file/lowajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28ceb22e282d67d319d4780b96263c69/dunavibowodomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126b14d95c31---bosage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabriziocar.it/userfiles/files/93870766405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f1c4a3e1f---rowemawowalimeketosove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2rrg2db8a80p9ob846e7kkkjuq/mexet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gat-asset.com/CKEdit/upload/files/mamupobig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33536549805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9528c7575---82360997854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogasol.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35254563784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c805183527---30035586585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cd75990e6c---setifovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607868f06497b---12072229454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d2a1ca9db9---novitevimamoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wosutomomonarufilikalida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=yashica+mf-1+manualPDF 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_off0000c118.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC118 18492 bytes
SHA-256: 88ffb3f3e328bf4614bfbf2fabd0913cc20d95d5cbdc9a25b2c01bd51c6bb54e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f146.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF146 10320 bytes
SHA-256: 014bcbc702a8beb28c24f2ffecf0baec29346570c841ab4a50f8dc5a4c99775f
font_02_sfnt_off0001085f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1085F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1