Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef3bd61d4ebc6824…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:48:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 36778eb56ba42f99d5134f80293eabdf SHA-1: eebab86a2def855dfb7105a5f1dca94df6cfebd1 SHA-256: ef3bd61d4ebc6824cbc72e806aa39a31f798cc9bb925fba7f4cfb2345bad3a90
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution by redirecting users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or initiating redirects within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=2018+civic+si+coupe+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210618061009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/32871810468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/27507853977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhongzg.com/d/files/17486760143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/peed00mg0bbrl6hapvr9c5mnmf/93085904725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tdsns.ru/userfiles/file/kidajanigirufepuzaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bielwod.com/userfiles/file/55843049890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7b64b85374---2716979242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32da815b0c2bc566f8be83a47100d7f7/81977249849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodegaadrover.com/userfiles//imagenes/46952002575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b08fc5c0cdb---wolagimegopozavufawerusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma-es.site/yamituki-n/uploads/files/49487596856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/jenadowonuwejela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n6uuvuhi7gclh8ehg8n098aiu3/nuzed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukeofmarshall.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71272685670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dancephoto.ru/userfiles/files/tanenanoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.antoniopopolizio.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tositedibofudima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c75b4e051f3d7216399d01899286f1ea/zulibizozavesubibakekobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coluer.ir/documents/file/jabiporukanedawonini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d18deed7edb4d282b369c3ae36fe248/80448045692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/63381511760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proxus.nl/file/45067843824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backyardreleaf.ca/clients/6/6a/6a4eaaf8452764cb6fc14c9064ed0c71/File/11485003074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/55032708683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25b94e3e8c9b3d87be38dae65d23d8db/31425434978.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_off0000d65f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD65F 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 295d8e07989bf11242d282c87228f9523d1474a44a7114c060b736552148b443
font_01_sfnt_off0000efb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB2 18820 bytes
SHA-256: 1d474ac2d1ffc936e9c7c41bf4c68556103d551ede70f2aee26debaada5140cf
font_02_sfnt_off00012041.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12041 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1