Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ecbe9ad7d1c21765…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 22:31:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 058be398df4e6b0c3727be7381833e7a SHA-1: 433a775594c7c718590a72ca287c1fb0ed66e117 SHA-256: ecbe9ad7d1c21765067ab39785d40c4d8860360599135f83e1b4ec923254b509
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, with several heuristics indicating a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and IP addresses. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://horkolas-gatlas.hu/ufiles/file/repifegivenimu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lanaecoloridabruzzo.it/userfiles/file/mesosanogavapasiwobeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/kuvaporomebiwivef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreaticketland.com/userfile/file/sebulipunukuriwivalitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haokunchem.cn/upload/files/pinikalutix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/55179537797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edouardweil.com/userfiles/file/vupowuteborarevuxisedotox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://customize.fr/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/Editor/file/nakovivitexipikafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/zadosokojola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohdiabo.net/images/ckeditor/files/34499503038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yds-wcv.jp/free_images/files/33448571215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139775571c88---26584397788.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://bartonsteel.com/tony/barton/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11889959206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613959fea663c---bimupigape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happysmilecard.com/uploads/files/wubiviruloxuduwesuwovumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161311f401bf73---jadomibonubekidigomala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136f0b50de3d---zixevaxesef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzps.pl/userfiles/file/nepamabulepis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/purifewusuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itexpertdog.nwoasis.com/upload/files/rapebegazegezorifepigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tunnel.de/files/uploaded/file/53796814252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flirdining.com/uploads/files/pabalanebinato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pn6pctocbql5gspq6e4lleufbc/sezonomodukepipagoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guclupin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/9121039547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingscolley.com/uploads/files/dekiwawisetetinabaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=shadow+fight+2+unlimited+everything+max+levelPDF 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_off0000df6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF6C 11296 bytes
SHA-256: 0ae3be9fa603eac2ffdc43799df91048948b10098d80181de73facf2bd7b0a90
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9B5 18872 bytes
SHA-256: 8b89113df60b4c1694064eef74ee5f1010773402f9c6da5aa2f41ac4100d7367
font_02_sfnt_off00012b76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1