Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0efc008f0b0a06e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

157.5 KB Created: 2021-08-12 13:52:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 13d50437fccd17ba1e4cd4a837ad73f6 SHA-1: ba944bba0a141c13c42d2525bb9117d1632d06e9 SHA-256: 0efc008f0b0a06e3d7676adf8f411aef2fb07329cddceb7f714ba95958b9d613
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://safedoorsystems.com/cmsimages/file/78410209125.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ajhnscdick20648ksbv7bgbls/47945694959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jameshamiltondds.com/clients/6/6c/6cc67b5d90347a591bf4e9c0b97a5143/File/89320370734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibangnhadat.com/uploads/files/galozobosadowumexivub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/phgdn9urau1ii8po64bv0as452/62545333687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fosterfreezesantarosa.com/uploads/files/wilofetazitabevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ojm7r9q49oim82n58kaoqr5a4p/44957355814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/fomejama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f19b93468---62208113075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/psdv7253agaupoq3oe5j7bjcoq/fapesajog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ce4e9e97af7e4fa07a9eee86b993355/fajobakuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6ef5b8ca7bd022343aa0d083d39805f/lubipaxolugepoxekipas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janatalnajaf.com/basefile/janatalnajafcom/files/xodovama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/vifisizebefobuveniti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunil.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/pajozeler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b80344486f4---vesesubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a424138028---76087175832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacyfamilyunity.com/clients/2/20/203fd950dafdada58ea32e7b96f0d147/File/6134876245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71430644790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0r5k28jebe6hlq7dn018h9aicc/41847347172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3a877286b3---vesaronototi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8ss2sq8auvgehfm7edh8v8pp0/82586247527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideas4mypool.com/userfiles/file/rigiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lonetozip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=to+kill+a+mockingbird+gender+roles+quotesPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae6d3a0bc26---95313784290.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_off00020378.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20378 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00021b8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21B8F 11156 bytes
SHA-256: a4caf557e18a48c23e333905eed1986d0172f876fd17c88b14837b7bc925a74e
font_02_sfnt_off0002351f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2351F 18652 bytes
SHA-256: 36fbe1b62151734a83dec8813dd5382457a2ed4428b35c4d7d9f8c3361030cde