Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef4a123fdf8226c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-07-09 02:37:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f571dfff1fb5a428a48419c0d5cf917e SHA-1: a1a2376faf940282900db11a0e52760c5f4ef238 SHA-256: ef4a123fdf8226c7d43b77d058de7ddc1e300937a709d298f458f2b80ac96e0c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of external URIs and compromised CMS upload links strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bff47a1a0f9---20098916659.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://liebherr-tr.com/userfiles/file/bezapusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coming-c.com/userfiles/file/fipikujakodagizejuxagoluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be616b9dcb3eb0145c19619417d4ffc0/59049487978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pierrevillers.fr/mairie_files/file/bokewoxinemirole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04aj4sas4nsgc4amhqalf7gd1h/75953210664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/790bbe3713817182641f882936847941/nanam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/661861c5649397ad1f8f77c4ed52b813/legawokabilizof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/burelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhigh65.com/clients/4970/File/88482785640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13a86fa5e89541b2e60afe93df96e64a/kaxafesuwivaneruretolep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b123338349a---zezaxotagutupokal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://music-group-store.com/upload/files/nudawisodekavinil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b8be5389c0---sogolefaxuburajugofobesot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayapaliinsaat.net/file/42594535127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/317k4qi8ft1lb01cl72ncjvhbu/45945708214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7342fa6205---xitajobovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.padanguparduotuve.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kiraburusezugavudofuzute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/masebevodag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97c65db20ecf52648e724e2ba9b150f2/2485698170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qhk9qq44opnimjep7h91af3ig1/nawejirivadurubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mujuerp.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/20210613134659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9eeef476d92e47fa770951f0284035dc/bamazadotopoturog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flex-link.cn/uploadfiles/files/bejasubapuwosob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+computer+system+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000c896.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC896 11024 bytes
SHA-256: f17e547cf441723547a7bc2254c7028f74e130ca3682a4160c1f98e9d0e00eb9
font_01_sfnt_off0000e216.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE216 16288 bytes
SHA-256: 992b07936ecbbaa808b7e9ecf3a59477bd7cbf6450ac29ceb602eb1a33799c9e
font_02_sfnt_off00010b26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1