Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ef5f2e97cb97ba8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-22 19:32:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5e0369d87e51fa9a8fbb792fb12cc89c SHA-1: 765e42a6ba52f1e5369d83c21b11689c9b0ccb2c SHA-256: 8ef5f2e97cb97ba8024d597c2b4883495907ad9510e62ec7c201f01a52298280
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of malicious redirection tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+apps+for+rooted+android+2021 PDF link annotation
    • http://metallpress.info/files/63516965005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144ca92751a1---wijonub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ji-tien.com/userfiles/file/63204694235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmp-familienanzeigen.de/cms/files/jusubulexesamuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modernplating.com/userfiles/file/70722223680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalholidayproperty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36935196038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/45920370966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/82302589516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ebfbd3933---13130107874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giridhareye.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pumomufidixowiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esfa.bg/root/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pomojebigakev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-tms.com/uploadpic/xw/files/26581710503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canoeing.by/pics/files/xewupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samurairamenbar.com/uploads/files/nivusaxiboxavumokel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://f-kcc.jp/user_data/userfiles/files/mejosutelulelugapufuxafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bunny888.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xojerupop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbgnfinance.com/userfiles/file/duxuzorexoxafexofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134268ac0d2d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613014413e15f---malor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yankey.com.tw/demo/public/editor/ckfinder/upload/user_upload/files/taguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyermekhaz.hu/Content/site_images/files/45998445192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skalamatbaa.com/userfiles/file/13082560216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malir-naterac.info/UserFiles/File/65292829487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/12687660393.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_off0000e710.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE710 17896 bytes
SHA-256: dafa3a2e0e203e1d86b4536ef35a288c73d544202482d85361e8578ea98d8634
font_01_sfnt_off00011605.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11605 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E1C 10792 bytes
SHA-256: d085f8500aed38e65601974271d8441d874705e9e9935cc6147b033952025367