Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 feeec2f0d482cc8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 03:41:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 122740134ec9bd30ccf30e9776e9f9b3 SHA-1: 74bb882adc49a6057704f69db7ab0be85a2d0834 SHA-256: feeec2f0d482cc8faa4ccc2f7d062f700db857a06ee1f1c5bac83976eaa5b3e0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, while the link farm indicates a lure to external malicious content. The primary attack pattern appears to be a phishing or redirection attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+biology+notes+for+class+11 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160925ae3224e1---50960013548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b23c5de9e5---pesuzawazulagavutetor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f1da99cf0---78611514311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/fawadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/tajodil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/24425603451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06f37164d4a4ca8a2fb0f67343aff71e/63021129493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/ropekofafuboguxosib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0148683f28---71909727046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6aa45b3cc2---zobunoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a565fc16b4---gokobezitoresigonisezokox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26414207748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b485dda0c7f---luvikesatidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65df6609a9c6a6c00a97f173441d71d0/nanad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083548e75590---98969652201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06e25752838f20917cd502f3a83f87a9/64326796771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/85396998465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc4e70177b---zesolelidema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f20e51f385---nevufowakexepaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.odnpoznan.pl/fotki/file/file/47322499560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c9691a463f739a0225fe27c41d2552d/16995177514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savannahcentury.info/clients/4/44/449a5b3489ef279447e90cf6cdd72f1c/File/49726792026.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_off0000e624.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE624 16868 bytes
SHA-256: 961e88f72acf38e3afe17ce1e62305c3562ac60dab622fff0700579acb4384c9
font_01_sfnt_off00011218.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11218 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A2F 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 1500f67a11c47c9e3883a91b4898d88007e3d7d7fed11a820b55c93a680498fe

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