Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef3d0d59e86aed2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-08-03 07:58:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e242267b08e80bb21be3ca23e8eb78af SHA-1: 9d515deb24aea61118fa179160d4c68347a073b9 SHA-256: ef3d0d59e86aed2eff4eafecc9280f72ed10ffb2f3def0d60f9688e38566f3c2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of a link farm and the lure of a 'WhatsApp Gold update' indicate a phishing or social engineering attack. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://noihoithanhtuan.com/media/ftp/file/8378384013.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/riketip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apronorte.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92078247562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/madinuwurim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6c317d3b4d2aed34579e64e6c100611/bopobizowoguxiruxibed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl_adresuserfiles/file/vigitunaduworozivatuneti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/6938962410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/38777159360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebeautyofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liwewewifesuxujive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740bfd08739---dutul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-pub.com/files/files/99344650462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf450511e4---newiferajoxijawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/56139419885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/596ad6a327a99afa5e6d6364d6df8076/35298833004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6401005db9---gupiwubapilekazupasipava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609602604730d---nekanuboze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosperitas.be/data/assets/file/riturededonufowisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf437986993---lopujulituvupevavivuratum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skincarebylaura.com/clients/862251/File/75193762293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dascalita.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/gagumunepenavoxokiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aicsmindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34910547165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104c802c4324---89175552857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddbed4307bc---fajijipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021061100501373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lakigimabafevilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=update+whatsapp+gold+latest+versionPDF 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_off0000fbab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBAB 10832 bytes
SHA-256: afe100c1b3f21a538d14bde930673af39e2e7249957b0b2aa0a1e5db29fc5dae
font_01_sfnt_off00011479.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11479 16764 bytes
SHA-256: 0d51bc3b9582079357395f7787188083b36286966ab9fce231728a5657dabdb8
font_02_sfnt_off00014022.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14022 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1