Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef19a3bf4b1d0f1b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-08-03 04:00:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: fbbdc9f613b1ba34861914962d89625f SHA-1: 7d53d2a9e93f0f869c9014e50ef331f28fc21dc8 SHA-256: ef19a3bf4b1d0f1beb2187d1de13839153bb493ef9b815edad084e1b40609fb3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8aebe65a9---79644651362.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://detectiveoffice.net/userfiles/file/64241928305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7be219d4f2---13086454533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822ee18ad21---variwitoxumapaxewix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68808797f14ed8f2c830057b372bbc9a/95136090807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/ruderinex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/64501649873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inercial.es/uploads/files/59375921983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirakuramen.com/uploads/files/79507710613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705200872dc---74061503864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160daff1663835---xowerugeral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2e3e53d8f7f5540e80d80fa4f9161d8/28031148177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/sagafem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/lexenodirakavulen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eada392549f3df1851207112593bddfe/14223867680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palami.by/images/file/vixovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cabsfromheathrow.com/userfiles/file/pawazurerebedotemefaxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/rajukipudebilabuzuzafej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608880e12a7d7---gosafazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfbc3036225---kidikotuxinogix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/54228252362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a2a0a065a3b18895c67e10a4130fe0b/piwemijid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuhs1970.com/clients/a/ac/acc339db084e87cdfae31a76a6c96f1c/File/sifutotimusijupet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081de10f1b4a---vopek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c44f351ab65b259042fdd51fa3c9fe0/56444489493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=que+es+el+cuerpo+amarillo+y+quien+lo+formaPDF 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_off0000f6e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6E7 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 7c1b1e4d75669c847bd2d0e12957096909cce586e2c9207af0beb00bb0d2974e
font_01_sfnt_off0001106c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1106C 18060 bytes
SHA-256: 1cb242313dd819ed361c5ef42873ca12a2aeeaba310610587dea4d830beaec05
font_02_sfnt_off00013e2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1