Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef1ba4015bef91aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-10-03 04:26:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 060a691b774b2c6a9159034841ada4fe SHA-1: b940732f7be126236c9290634edefda6b6ec5269 SHA-256: ef1ba4015bef91aa295ec103edb0158f54428a071358e886ed4b41d98e90e7cf
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a high number of embedded links, many of which point to external PDF files hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous links to external PDFs suggests a lure to download further malicious content or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • 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://kaptenhoki.org/contents/files/65894828837.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sinoscaform.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109070628055016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147c940d25d0---noridigituxidima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24cars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jisodelupomaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://178.62.148.222:300/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13793104334.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://eventologia.com/userfiles/files/68529588002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atavio.ru/files/file/xomukamol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bce9ddf8978092ba3061d65d4987377/42235483753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/59986312967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patriabrno.cz/userfiles/files/melufojapenugutipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dff1227c71c660bbda99e3041555a56d/94475797625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ffcd8755b5e28cfea51585361af39b2/90461508023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/29389526280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/toxemilovawolegeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hv2barrier.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29476252873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livstyle.ro/home/livstyle/public_html/uploads/files/xidetovajakajosipiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/31275609685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ra7a7p-h3ba7.com/contents/files/tezenajazexugofev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozt.zielonetarasy-cieplice.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/mutevisarigizet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1ar.sa/userfiles/file/lomepijevapaxumijexikuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexinform.com/hirlevel/file/98295925157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stemcellhairclinic.com/files/files/ginipixoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimcert.net/E/file/metitowobapezas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=bail+out+slangPDF 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_off0000bc3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC3B 10204 bytes
SHA-256: 76a1fcf2deb45e810fe1e11d192e2f02b8de774f7a97f9d5750596417ebddd0f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d340.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD340 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB52 19932 bytes
SHA-256: 23b2d7ebc094a0ffe6efd01f41b32b7dd7a25e9d9006bf72a9b69074beb5398a