Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ecc8323d6b2d96bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-24 22:13:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 382f4b22756f637bd41bddcc5f013f06 SHA-1: a069a5b4387dd45b57c77cf3ddd76c89df322e80 SHA-256: ecc8323d6b2d96bc261e1fec463066d59021272397b8a72043db76cf7465a170
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs that form a link farm, pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery through these redirects. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further malicious actions beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=unleash+the+giant+within+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://bushregenerators.info/userfiles/files/31369117782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promoxcenter.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wudupimegezediwimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehair.center/upload/ckfinder/files/54314405825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigbulkbags.ahmadpackages.com/survey/userfiles/files/duturabaronev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/xatusenawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67644873426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davaocarrental.com/images/file/palitapusuresuditewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acsalma.hu/userfiles/files/zowilevepime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k31szmq42-nu28.com/contents/files/virowotikide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/files/vupovilewatujotinibuluzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/84249800493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hichipper.com/hichipper/uploadfile/file/2021092221335473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dvif.fr/userfiles/file/vogotur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613db6c0efd69---24830103005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilonew.tasksplan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29856496726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.ru/d/files/lajutevezudezetoseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcbyspu.net/ckfinder/images_store/files/nonekomakuzizojejad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenfins-thailand.org/uploads/file/sonofuxufemugimato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.info/contents/files/91369593230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ee47a28808---84729500087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--c1aejbdnke.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/861088584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dagmare.de/userfiles/file/26688219112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doctmcooper.com/userfiles/files/wimanufolunuxapabanisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96bfb5f717939443f9516b25523f1ccd/72350216580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://educationindiajournal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/motusoziwexek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b0cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0CF 16264 bytes
SHA-256: c13693d1709a888243db98fbf829ce344df57c8b7c1751c33e460c8093f9dc49
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9D2 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 7363725300d71022f26d291455af4e5adbb97160fd8642f2d0863d2a3170cf66
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1