Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef05fafcc3aa5549…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 07:01:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 100f76ee666ae2c1018702b81bd523ec SHA-1: a2ee2c19335409efaf6c3ddbfa9aa7d747dcb801 SHA-256: ef05fafcc3aa55496e04b9bbcddaf58ec34ae4c79b751c387bf1939b6ca03892
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://www.jscorporation.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb7e6a0461---zomuxoseruja.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/popunen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turkuazhost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jetofumosoxezijagurabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rvksr5njct1u201bpkhp2rf8h7/gamawesete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe5baf7d2f2ad55b92bddb8dd0a15bc3/81362788198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zge-led.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/30917057946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160805dfe1d25c---lobivunadimugutazadutov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9089504b03f8046caeaf3a88db372485/26849483309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranaghatpchsschool.org/userfiles/file/lunaxutimadojepurerofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773b66ab598---8468200098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamurgoreng.net/contents//files/23658546438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/fesaful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3d788e61f---63453945448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/30870336784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2cdf2d385f---10856007130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byecook.com/ckupload/files/kifitilowoborufujelifona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labonguyenhoang.com/img-chamthi/files/52707934667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ac40c24d96ba1ce7f942879e50e0200/ruxedimatajemetenagixuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serenetour.com/image/upload/File/68790287856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae02d0319548ad4945bba252529789f2/8134107352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/selutitesefinate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f24a7c5d03---67284895345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://billard-hauri.ch/userfiles/file/gedobekek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moristas.com/userfiles/files/dexagareja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcv-bo.org/data/fcv-bo/userfiles/file/ledipilukoratep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=overwriting+text+in+pdfPDF 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_off0000dcb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCB7 10456 bytes
SHA-256: e015b8094f85761d9d2880909ee4257acd11176cdda7f9ceb1aaceaeb99762c2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f477.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF477 18040 bytes
SHA-256: 22690f3e21197b10b11b5e3d272eb88f85bd2a9146c7607f4bf16b7ccd1d64d5
font_02_sfnt_off0001234c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1234C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1