Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ece002988fff564d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-07-04 19:56:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d858979f71b777f85e012b94073e6978 SHA-1: 6b1a086f332a067e1e70f4c52ca5384c8620e104 SHA-256: ece002988fff564d094fad0a299c453893983c92a0b54404facecd2d25c6b3f6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV detecting it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The file's purpose appears to be directing users to these malicious sites, likely as part of a spearphishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=short+biographical+statement
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/64790454749.pdf
    • http://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/95887371018.pdf
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607adb3007246---15191232755.pdf
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac16a9b63c---79892853447.pdf
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7qvpc5q0fbns2ltljjaau4q4bn/ligoxoru.pdf
    • http://conomiya.com/images/uploadedimages/file/seretusupakobizudupenadeb.pdf
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc1f7b93309c1345ff411da6f9b561e8/7458837009.pdf
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd3f2c3ff4---kabomezubekop.pdf
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ea1272211c33a9134c292298f94ec7f/jizolam.pdf
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c53c36937---potekajenotejubijunubip.pdf
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a2377a0af---fejawajawuwupave.pdf
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/617ad43209512802247cf17d0ace0889/21923135236.pdf
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2da97751c4---26185310349.pdf
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a81470a4024---sofuxeriketidogolu.pdf
    • http://alliance-ic.ru/uploads/file/41574572009.pdf
    • http://ahsaipu.com/v15/Upload/file/202152150401079.pdf
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cae0bdb8e5b01909c6da6e5f9eaa361c/80809922159.pdf
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/297r33gqckml1262qkt37pmtp1/gerexedakim.pdf
    • http://oicenglish.com/imagexx/files/10722019572.pdf
    • http://abwingscolley.com/uploads/files/42026939809.pdf
    • http://www.verneteco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zasuga.pdf
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c195bfc62de8b19d8e54c3ca5dfc608c/gijewubulovibexodeje.pdf
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd4741a490---73005187292.pdf
    • 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_off0001088e.bin
b554dcbb3039bab57187fd1ee6329e7a34281fe5f9b4e833959e0095e9f40c39
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1088E 11036 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000121d5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121D5 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000139e7.bin
86ae11fe6b9806268f1120d00a915c49ad9709cefecd7a58b55b17815d48c93f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139E7 17548 bytes