Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eccff99b562a9add…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 12:04:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 651ca831f48966fb730bd2fa1fcc9a1c SHA-1: 2904c69d00b483fffe9f088a653690e4612bf3ee SHA-256: eccff99b562a9add19f1a80b316413abc3eebdca01f89648b416cb59b03cb342
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure as a link farm on potentially disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://nisahanpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/78591613463.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://khanikango.in/file/vujaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acbf5e0c9c2---767794992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vzwsportenmuziek.com/content_docs/77133749979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b91pr0a9ota8n0b91a5ln5krb7/2196082416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee13ea7717---69528678156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globomax.eu/userfiles/file/talajimipefagito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11935772185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/38828769472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvoirostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poxexurejalujixabeborow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076344199f07---2212082448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/msi1k2evfovjr0bo9ivdtrj0lm/xuxisowisivupunonikoliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/fojitubivefinelenilavima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b00dc30d6c---bafixexaxigerojom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a43dee47e567b6c969b621b8ae51a06/75745757649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9e624607cf---80809949954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://join-angel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68956363028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784f5436136---fewejufometapobuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090762c1cefd---pizogagabuvitovikoxarefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drkoopman.nl/cmsimages/file/82151525995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wedding-ideas.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/baxitikalovajaduwumoval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f674c274de672fa683174cea301434f/91134262170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a152f90be1da5d4a48890899e79979b7/9979263557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6mejtu5eksqid6ac3l4p6q3h8l/14758257139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=dieta+ketogeniczna+fife+pdfPDF 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_off0000e022.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE022 18272 bytes
SHA-256: edee9bb223c66d9d6c2b1b8ceffc533548df9b8b8f22708b2b3096979613631f
font_01_sfnt_off00010f9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F9B 10636 bytes
SHA-256: ef273af4ec5ad6e87e36f93d3b84fe4016dc7ede06d8c9adb9321758a662ac32
font_02_sfnt_off000127ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1