Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef1d225c01b12674…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 05:37:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 7b8d229c28b3149a215c381f082a3f92 SHA-1: 0239c6edaed1742b334896256518c134f47e84c7 SHA-256: ef1d225c01b126748022cdfa0e1bfc4eb993bc107881751de64b35d747ef291d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage and are structured as a link farm. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute or obscure malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b9974bd500---gilab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613518269373a---67133940993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_students/files/bejepivanowefanofibofop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyhondaotomientay.com/upload/files/fovinuxovodixusaxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/waxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alperbehang.nl/userfiles/file/59602196931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hockeydh.com/files/ups/files/92966934617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fd520bc1681cc4f85fba977e0b97a53/32609123137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cupanghitam.com/contents/files/55807731536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mi-stores.com/basketballtotaal/images/editor/file/75299018349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madspot.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65277277966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vrindaindia.com/php/joseph/uploads/file/1469780497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingdomofgodmn.org/userfiles/files/14958279568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nujhimachal.in/img/uploads/files/xamazedukedogajejinatam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterjobintl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80270179707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ls-machinery.com/uploadpic/files/202109052222283444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaledellasignora.it/userfiles/files/85854922794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butzbacher.turnpoint.jo/app/webroot/upload/files/15065947771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161306e3575e52---lemogeperulin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savitapiti.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93497134552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techielingo.com/fck_uploads/files/pajixibagurexosezawizetop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleangroupbd.com/ck/upload/files/53472325823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usa-ex.com/images/blog/file/pizogerizerixikenojixov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/92744827909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130f6566b4af---56001859197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synphabase.ch/upload/file/jezajugitefokujela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=astro+guru+app+downloadPDF 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_off0000df54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f766.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF766 18024 bytes
SHA-256: 1f84b059398144dd76d4264cfc1c8b8465bac6d0161f51d925e50892e7d08e37
font_02_sfnt_off0001269a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1269A 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 0c0741071eac372550d98ad132a6666e3f7e9689cb6b586cc2fa18eed0d42081