Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef050d0f975a5f27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 18:19:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 72e78802ef25ff32a96f21dbec3c7fea SHA-1: c97fa5854d41884c1926c21d4cb5bd9e959d2b06 SHA-256: ef050d0f975a5f2794e534e268ddb89ae2aac3a1fbf7e5faeddb436068891a16
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites hosting other PDF files. This suggests the document is part of a link farm or SEO manipulation scheme, potentially designed to distribute further malware or phishing content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ti33m628l51v0qsn0msaogrp36/92567387226.pdf
    • http://onfireinteriors.com/userfiles/piwinozubuvekowi.pdf
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b1f6da71b---79176609000.pdf
    • http://balbu.hu/uploads/news/file/wewupanirofu.pdf
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fav6avcg83062ddnnjmt1uav0/wejuravumigugonex.pdf
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b7a4f1658---4534311590.pdf
    • http://bclgrouptt.com/userfiles/file/59409756726.pdf
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607597a26d788---zefokixesa.pdf
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29863664121.pdf
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qt7lbn5snpk111jvn6cb65bfgu/xakiwelenu.pdf
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b6763975ba3448f27a605e09d3398b1/39724933669.pdf
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/xexapetipirilekojujetume.pdf
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68608f27b7144dc7b090027e4ed576e7/82294052167.pdf
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00a22ab26c1bc777c24854bd727e5b44/giwofanojokabuk.pdf
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160828370893ec---resuzefugogoz.pdf
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be3939561b99613d8d669293460ccfd7/siruzod.pdf
    • http://mtlebanon62.com/clients/5/5e/5ee551a8be14a26d7d76bc5e90dd1372/File/64848885126.pdf
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce54baa9da---30074255805.pdf
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/37621946244.pdf
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69349287558.pdf
    • http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/77801105071.pdf
    • https://reparation-mobile.net/userfiles/file/tumit.pdf
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081de386facd---bulitomuxonowipukejigewip.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=vocabulary+exercises+printable+worksheets
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b24a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB24A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca5c.bin
0809c846ec44fc6badc4f5440436e349e586a02a083f352a68a28b3127f0852d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA5C 14468 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee40.bin
06d99b3f6f54b86b1aaa503cd382d12fb3fc736abbef4680400256ca425b8ba0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE40 11072 bytes