Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef1db7aac6914a66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 14:15:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e8c7b3ef89650ee3beb12d7269e59b7a SHA-1: 537b8aa00037547cf2cdae5b8bbc9a41a0c4b943 SHA-256: ef1db7aac6914a6654b9dcc3af048dad8cf34f67a0dc5b8c36e7ad07eac38590
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload directories. The presence of multiple unknown URLs hosted on potentially disposable domains suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/olvhpob88a0ih5vrh9k4f6o7e5/90459092861.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074257d1dc98---82349302719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/wifaluzodunoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3127b98a99ef983ca42fa402c104451/domedutozapebosukaxapokor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/95667015066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agriturismoilcolle.org/userfiles/file/xemijojagamuvudusimib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/48341062251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92a92981f10353c0b36691843f962fa0/37112880693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72300192038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f08fd8770ac25bb2edc494b9717e81bc/79431602839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pngroup.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/verivobijureritafemane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f02ce6db2---34181986972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianoinprimopianofestival.com/uploads/file/bumatawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villabrown.it/userfiles/files/99272027040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okmgo26ok0ohsdimm197mgngco/movemuvapid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e81ef28518---tirowinil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangs-ns.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210614131841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/36472609566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butterfly-propertymanagement.com/userfiles/file/71842541264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a65413dd3f9---lamoputifomenegejasizilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinobajka.pl/Upload/file/kivevuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pastravariaizvoarelebratiei.ro/images/file/70218599329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tw-itemaos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziwotanigatudawupik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084678952e8c---49256300359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/622ed654c2b24f6cdee8ad82c9099780/80093015980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=the+truth+about+christmasPDF 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_off0000ebf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBF3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001040a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1040A 10548 bytes
SHA-256: f0df3bb99cf63dcffb3ef5d246601486a4b8d159cbc6410a8bb79b1662f31369
font_02_sfnt_off00011c1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C1B 17796 bytes
SHA-256: 1cc5acc89203069be923a14e6254d22930557940bb0f2574fffb992e6630f753