Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ecf00ab6b4c34966…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-23 19:55:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: e88719fb8e89486023628ae17918dab3 SHA-1: 9e6f29b1a335b18a9a92b2f95da9a6f886fa2437 SHA-256: ecf00ab6b4c34966064fd2294fe34e833c4325056955e0043da6cf820c42d960
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Numerous external URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=can+ps4+play+minecraft+with+mobile PDF link annotation
    • http://belniig.by/public/file/sugumatofakusuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161413bdfd49bb---41500328148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reklama71.ru/upload_picture/81404023424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hazeloyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/51950226824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/fidajuzedor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/77361627297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vatlieutaphu.com/upload/files/puwinib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed9c2769d7b4d7961d51a89d83a42d28/guvemosumuwirogaxosaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseafoodmart.com/uploads/files/vomusuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://selidbe-beograd.info/files/xogutozago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanchang.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4808052321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronospan-mofa.hu/editor_up/74250217235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellev.fr/upload/files/gelukixobiganalujefatenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orthovision-lublin.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nisinopebamejakivufuxaxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e460b5b001ad5eeb5fc697249f1f98e/jakimasuwefewiwovebun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/98249136193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibsdhc.hpds.work/ecdemo/web/js/ckfinder/files/files/77454719568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/sawodenek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsgzb.com/upfolder/e/files/20210912225146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajeah-intl.org/fck_image/file/99063098613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369b3b2488c---zavupukagowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-oilfieldequip.ru/d/files/zipufenapaxowunexuzige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/97094233756.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_off0000bcf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d50b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD50B 11192 bytes
SHA-256: 9948a241d584071460746dd0c67b0c1fd5408a4267aa971797666392c5dcc071
font_02_sfnt_off0000eef5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF5 15972 bytes
SHA-256: 94f1d824d793425ecb47a3a36b283299b34bda216107449fe4536147fb260da4