Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef0289c2ccf94a4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 12:30:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 54abee32403d2d9889cff9cb254a498e SHA-1: c9a4f995e452e48dbc7198d9f8ca23efb2a2a4d8 SHA-256: ef0289c2ccf94a4a291a34afe6f6881e02be6bfa7bc75d6be314a0075ba36c83
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading malware disguised as academic papers or similar resources. The presence of a visual download button further supports this phishing-like lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cambridge+checkpoint+past+papers+2015+pdf+science PDF link annotation
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9kpmm4nmj03h94r8mhv9pjv6pt/61713455215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608920a386021---50427676047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f73fe9dede---59623606895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c450ff19f00---33670389022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonsakai.com/uploads/files/jimevov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nc3ce4nebf8l1ccsgreik1tr9t/jumonusiguxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090cb8f87fa1---baputaluvolej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t8ooe7g1u35ig02ckbdoobpbi3/jisugupupamupinip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088beb88b292---42070474622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f42d9e2cafde48d356b767323d21fb83/14087039630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/23969535774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crescentcarpets.com/userfiles/file/80531634263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b466eca962f---10725812768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joy05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/xapuluferituvije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/382736b34b9402070d0a66ce0a4e7900/lumulidoxulusewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1abdnji6movnt3479f2fg5t53/pebotuwovifono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/tosipuloletaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradleyhillsapartments.com/demo/uploads/contents/file/tudebusokevadupavem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zibuwavokajokod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebellingerfamily.com/clients/0/05/05034faaa501c69409a7459485cba135/File/34991472784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beauty214.com/uploads/files/202108171655299902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/rorakel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automozg.by/upload/editor/files/73457216323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emke.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5660237091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagominum.com/contents//files/13024077865.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_off000114c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114C0 19208 bytes
SHA-256: 6feaf8c45e777b4492a03fcc9b8065e2df08935f48091138ae43a7d0cbf79f0f
font_01_sfnt_off000146e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146E5 11712 bytes
SHA-256: 8794c107643bfc15304f40d5ef59bc978c12742a1f298def2dba0463559f63e0
font_02_sfnt_off00016254.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16254 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1