Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef48d733c46dea4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-09-09 17:18:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 53a99cdfab9bdbd81bd5c3ac38e6d8dc SHA-1: 1d9db5a2686ba54ac1298445e0278ca9b766440b SHA-256: ef48d733c46dea4e55b10b4316b65229f9a2a83bfbb34f6e8f92624a8165f6d1
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the execution of malicious code or redirects the user to a phishing site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93887880802.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/vixowuvavonokopegejepada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupementpecheduloir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79680642435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drairtools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wiripefadipiziwefoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreoltour.ru/sites/default/files/file/76756003363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zvaracskaskola.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/2249840604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ed15758503---josalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8bcccadc0de3003b0cd354f8c07fc67/sixinupelowov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avalon-essenzen.at/userfiles/file/18511328234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161360a22522ec---6195749796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassagemodel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tozabigokinoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/25093034285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.huaikrachaohospital.go.th/assets/global/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23332024183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-restauracion.com/app/webroot/files/uploads/files/navobagilate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruizhishengwu.com/uploadfiles/file/062249215408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.meditech.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nerotitipukodimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsprojekt.eu/userfiles/files/talajej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newfrio.com/userfiles/files/gavesagobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/29049310115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maturana.cl/upload/file/6836693280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gok-maciejowice.pl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kemupujisikax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pratham.one/file/43150038909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailycan.com/userfiles/files/xuvalagivirajusofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/63579242818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjsgreatescape.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/68732843223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=need+for+speed+payback+download+apk+pcPDF 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_off0000b094.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB094 13824 bytes
SHA-256: f2e952a7d9fea951d23a0fdf6f5d346bff47f4e16c069aceb1e584e42c8f9060
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eada.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEADA 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 0566d665113ff37d6b848931b65ebbfa0ad9cb5f4950c394d1c828d29697a389