Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ecc4e8c93a941c0f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 03:25:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d8fbfa2f3d64a1585d16c2925625f5e5 SHA-1: 34178a23c66cbcca9df837b906d61f4d3e9a0279 SHA-256: ecc4e8c93a941c0f85661e45c97c6079d0e71415b2e54ad47fe0d181a5d4e2da
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs to execute code. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://sunwayhk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sopajuvuxe.pdf
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/xorogexemirebuzoribiparu.pdf
    • https://techson-cctv.com/upload/file/60544611559.pdf
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8914eca26cfc398f9a72266e665803e/gizosimudagaseravewop.pdf
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4b7415479c---damuzawew.pdf
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t7dcjrro97hle5hdndbi2lic7j/kedisilukoxuwojekiwironiz.pdf
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/783efedcfe9c46efb047774d3696b27a/tisinuzesozikaf.pdf
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/87173131045.pdf
    • http://thelonerangerfanclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73751468946.pdf
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074ba89d1f56---zadexifodegenikemorolu.pdf
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608095310047b---foxidukiga.pdf
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c66f88e5c99---nanukuberiz.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aad318b0e8---ruxuwid.pdf
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d1285829d---rakera.pdf
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6dd97164d5831f387720009fc00a12b/wolofolosarexarida.pdf
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/1960679462.pdf
    • https://handinhand-daycare.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xojat.pdf
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef87f8ed23---tezozib.pdf
    • https://kawanmto.net/contents//files/31898022557.pdf
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160915dfa1637d---sojuwupavobezekaxogera.pdf
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d24b9f690---zisedonirareran.pdf
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/110c6f71699926a431d721d7da7159c6/rojazunivetibenosisofi.pdf
    • http://ilovegabal.net/fckeditor/_upload/file/46523847381.pdf
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fad504e4eed4ee7e58ad38cf3c4e057/toruwawufigotijebegab.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=constant+of+proportionality
    • 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_off0000e8bf.bin
876903370c78f68b58e93af73de59b32b70abcd6430fb22daf6cbe0513caa8fd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8BF 18052 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000117d9.bin
09ad7615f0a23274cba58e3e715e3d6b5ecd606e3bd86cabfd41f60f925d8422
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117D9 10364 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012f70.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F70 16792 bytes