Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef367b1d49a498c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-06-30 21:27:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8417a48fe17d04ef2018c1b9061e70c1 SHA-1: 8f4f4cd850320581b8d5547035cb976ae28aee20 SHA-256: ef367b1d49a498c9b7b30ae87e67c07bd60f57c70d6e2d4ab3b48fc8c6298937
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The document's structure and URL distribution align with common tactics for distributing second-stage payloads or redirecting users to phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+freckles+on+your+nose
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b67a15b287565b43534fd2dae6e82ad/wakevis.pdf
    • http://cityfate.com/files/files/41673306881.pdf
    • http://birkhoffhi.com/userfiles/files/jatelofepivibofuf.pdf
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c00fed2fb164021f92486bf249eedc8e/verarokavomim.pdf
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d7abc4cc0c---6433265811.pdf
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b505a92eeb0---dudivaguno.pdf
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/22216387953.pdf
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/87431407475.pdf
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3769f069af772195cc5ba480e54e611/japezatofivuwove.pdf
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d46dfc258e1---fatenatuzisazojemopugovel.pdf
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/272f09dbd49e8278ebecd36e75e9cc13/tedaxobozeripimof.pdf
    • https://marathonroller.com/userfiles/files/40292170724.pdf
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46e2c9g91havpfmjn51h0618h7/95881277364.pdf
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c889f66dfb5---74144643225.pdf
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/lemukes.pdf
    • https://soalmatematik.com/userfiles/file/zifaxi.pdf
    • https://asiabiru.com/contents//files/gisuviwizuzusefolu.pdf
    • https://laserbeautymachine.net/d/files/43935663143.pdf
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/pagurawulem.pdf
    • https://systematix.pl/userfiles/file/99677910705.pdf
    • http://www.electricman.in/demo/frontend/web/uploads/files/piwitugogewuludo.pdf
    • http://msamerica.net/clients/873634/File/85411047284.pdf
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab805ebff5---46189451286.pdf
    • http://edbcagliari.it/file/lawuwasuvixux.pdf
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/90217147612.pdf
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49a1b4dd5a---badegozirisi.pdf
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9db3ee64de64d196265da31a6fe0757f/gugononaxored.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee66.bin
2212101f9d80e1ef35a9c8525ac8a356b0d816d3ba6dc3c1ac146da655853759
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE66 17348 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011b7a.bin
78d5ff1ef0103b1e8d573ac3a45c36b00fb19c7a3c8ff76ac8cdddaa4a1658ef
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B7A 10640 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013413.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13413 16792 bytes