Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef2e47f81aee4142…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 23:09:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4ee606666e8ebaf1028a735f632ef29a SHA-1: 8f8a609eeae381381beb7631d1db50a73ba7d990 SHA-256: ef2e47f81aee41429be93796a8657af6e656a256e44c4d828860da0a9f8b4752
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document functions as a link farm, distributing URLs across multiple domains, including compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+hitchhiker%27s+guide+to+the+galaxy+ending', are likely used to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is designed for redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+hitchhiker%27s+guide+to+the+galaxy+ending PDF link annotation
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91401b49f23d9575e59992dcfb5a5d34/buzowux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607675b3a27b8---6160654534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856624328fb---lutiloximezobodawij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/lemivefamowudufibafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c1f556eb1---4154652696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/33934945527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ienter.bg/files/51759951171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dent-pro.cz/pic/file/27364378219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/90521949436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6tjlptuc9pov6cp2a9omsgp56f/4802494366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/wanelakofufibinelananaduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2fe1d70034---22996450668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitjaya.com/contents//files/zimebowusib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdbc12af6ba---61929017852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607811a7af81b---wuvutolosinadobubofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi2.com/contents//files/10675598922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dnepropress.net/files/file/16068950182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nl6kse4psjr8njkac8fdai2p93/vugalorifijirut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/859f38b6f9e9889db3258a7694ccd02a/fevesigivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e78e231e53---gunulafufalirotadivejar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbjhockeytournament.com/clients/f/f9/f9ff496842c877cbb4522510b668f2a2/File/duvorasazekusekilowovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c2ei5n2ls8u3qvqe5c4hpteu0/remibewebobizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0ce8311bc---43218379248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/zirudilikamero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livinglearningandworking.org/clients/e/e0/e05af8355f71d8da3aa90f500b9284b3/File/vasere.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_off00010be7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BE7 17668 bytes
SHA-256: 2542d6fd5c53628a449c805bb92d77c5b2a5a0a4da60e3a1c9069a3c3d801b61
font_01_sfnt_off00013a1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A1E 11052 bytes
SHA-256: d1cc3bfd892754469096456110dd079f21d93340d1a05d8f4db9c5fa6105851c
font_02_sfnt_off000153c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1