Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ebf40253e8ce2330…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 14:18:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 609cafda69f3fd759cebfa1a53615525 SHA-1: d74b5c3a3c634326c281fbef540efb06e1a7681e SHA-256: ebf40253e8ce2330ffac14ec748058494d1a23e798ee44a16c45d0ca513b121e
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, potentially to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/571fbb56d3c1a5353f0c60a52b83ed46/99409035018.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zaintik.org/files/galeria/files/11476509397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koparieshorvathbusz.hu/files/file/37348772962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.dk/upload/8105238637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctmmaximoravenna.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/futonikatozej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136419fae81b---14598391029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135361a324ef---mobagupoxekonofinefoviza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9i1b14l32gg2dsybq3b.com/upload/fckeditor/file/22472438939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5lovestartw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/78490268147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serka.com/serka/upload/files/puripuxezefajeverufeduwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerateacademy.com/file/13478855047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/40434685410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klemanpince.hu/files/file/99016079870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38330574199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce1069632c3d1bda96d3d7af0ab66bd7/rimag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kosab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613de07e72d3e---81385879961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/94309193430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corpus.bg/files/fck/file/86192678244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aow.infogestnet.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lopererogonidesuxodufope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stickerbarcode.com/file_media/file_image/file/gumep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300bc8f4047---4400753462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungvespaco.com/luutru/files/vileduzinotuvejudazes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=super+mario+bros+emulator+downloadPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000de3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE3C 18600 bytes
SHA-256: 005e9efd3ca8bf9e37495d43c8b53bcd945323fff17ba415139791d0b3bf0bde
font_01_sfnt_off00010f21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F21 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012738.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12738 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 970a809982309059c6b956ed71876181359e2c224c205a9ca1b262275bf44637