Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef123cfb8419c1e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 07:30:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 19e589722d0f756727369429b28d58d0 SHA-1: f574078da0dd3d15390718b448e92cabb3064098 SHA-256: ef123cfb8419c1e2913120194e7d28b07a09d329dc7dfd8e4c8e9bc8b7bfeff7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Several heuristics indicate the presence of a link farm pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9915

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://dadesigning.com/daduserfiles/files/nesunulafefewut.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://campingwithconvenience.com/files/files/goliguwobodewutisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vxclouds.com/userfiles/file/potililebixotexakanibas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mansiya.com/uploadfile/files/30665352485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e6d6723214---23726868135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d-a-s.cn/userfiles/file/sunonukanisipakorekiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-sai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/novefavuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9285886249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega-gold.com/userfiles/files/12924332855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sapaelitehotel.com/webroot/img/files/3971432787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cecprint.com/images/file/budupilemaxijeberopigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serpavenger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97383514358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tese.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50612697821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/126b5bbfc4363f07f0750b98e984c36a/suwipezisikatiketudem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paramountswimwear.com/userfiles/files/gafuvipumabojozubulinapaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/kuvuxasef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thieumaunao.vn/workspace/develop/uploads/ck_upload/files/gakemokipenorugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urduhadith.org/survey/userfiles/files/46412154562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fbeda56921---mozupavarurewif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://defi128.phpascal.com/userfiles/files/wisud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golfvillageonline.com/userfiles/file/jaxosekosik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koetec.com/home/~ptow/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71948220992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettobotteonpierpaolostudioabacus.it/userfiles/files/novugexabemutare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/25722417042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline2.com/contents/files/tamanisejuzavules.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gz-chengeng.com/uploadfile/files/tafobotumeveku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+soul+silver+emulator+onlinePDF 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_off0000b954.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB954 17056 bytes
SHA-256: 7f3e940e53da35573ffc51a156d5538d5d65260b17113b3a3afe2afa95cacf5e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4F2 10528 bytes
SHA-256: c84216bf664ba3baa6d12e9b72fc74d125952f674c75a218c6420e34f1b7a1bf
font_02_sfnt_off0000fcf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1