Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef2198ddf7932afd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

122.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 23:44:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 4df6addf6edf7ecd5d9dc46ff9c4ada9 SHA-1: 6a288138f112a9e9b049130de6db6b1a37425add SHA-256: ef2198ddf7932afd380ecb1ff6c115cff8cb4f786a61d6ad83adabc59511d2c2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure as a link farm suggests it's designed to lure users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dixie+i+wish+i+was+in+the+land+of+cotton PDF link annotation
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc93f953bf8d21d50f63daebdf3a9399/23221768266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/4832921069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f560e22b8---61780739152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9f2267006---rupejubenojeketowus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1398b453c1---32458546808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/96265742480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nt4h04osrlnl47mn44t9i1ujt2/golol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viticoltura-enologia.com/file/80465451895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4af5761cfb12b54a950944d39a586db5/zixezobugidofusimukuneru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/virubetuxijod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/lomapoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3qlohas.com/CKEdit/upload/files/42049233668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ade2208f71---zeruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be33649f90c---24931141636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d39f55620---79591012076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/86666856421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb6f7b304c---basopuvowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agenziaimmobiliarecannavo.eu/userfiles/files/ranub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/rurudozagokiviwepininine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3d99802505973548de1f73351987490/gogojudisajibupaxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b54ce2c6eb0---godete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a36fed529---roxutovefawakedupibone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanyoujie.vip/userfiles/file/bakepusezelavivosirumof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6bb752217a3e1f25a652afb574ad09b/45095284200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaszemin.com/files/nesedejozekijuvilezere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a87bc97b7---93567925627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28808e180b04b6e071d6e8db5cbf4725/65882212509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00017adc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17ADC 17892 bytes
SHA-256: 827420587644a20da4350bcd4a375f9d857b3b2a06913ac6b112b9c254f4ad4e
font_01_sfnt_off0001a9e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A9E4 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 568b622375b1f7af2868a959eb16bbfd9167d540298b4ff287acbaa12cb106eb
font_02_sfnt_off0001c25c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C25C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1