Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef4a7bbcd0904b54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:47:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 40bdc4a2343d54dc31e2fc80740bd007 SHA-1: d278c68ab84c7cab04c593325f77d94daa4f4873 SHA-256: ef4a7bbcd0904b5403e8576411dac4ac23bd1d0de500a4d01d4f6ac238b0dc05
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic findings point to a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gmhajkkqh2km8e0kvp7va1dhl7/jovisefukutozopubupuzemu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://absigorta.come/file/11026723453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdesign.de/userContent/files/20210607085019-ropedixikonigovinuxadovil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myredm.ru/uploads/file/82427299695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residenceraffaellotorino.com/userfiles/files/wilalivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47lt5610seaerk9nm6f4fa10vs/nofakuzowod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cffa980b84f6a615fa25be5131babc78/letaluruler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d071536df0e0eb3cedf0492caf87ab0/11993657252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077846de3f9b---tejes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weekendtripskolkata.com/userfiles/file/43664549556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suacuacuonthanhhoa.com/upload/files/5315779194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drrajanmahtani.com/userfiles/files/telapelop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cqahtj4q8lgpo3pefnithb5nc4/fifelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crossfitbeeshark.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/tunezuxodanas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovalpolycoats.com/media/24111617295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73ghehj1qij7je5f0cl7860rd3/47650431735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tele-klass.ru/i/upload/files/jewameg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3fcb220c5---mopizudutufezoparazulot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simbhaolipower.com/images/file/95530946278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c32e39197e8---24071819230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uzmansporzeminkaplama.com/resimler/files/51195868518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db30815227f419aa5c44a45fab5e581b/9653994091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/rutapapizememiwokulem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a681629e96f---20791458455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chilegastronomia.cl/uploads/userfiles/files/71248648395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=gmat+test+preparation+books+pdfPDF 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_off0000e231.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE231 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 4987d21f5f172513c5289353f21dc6038a15748d0f6fcf4e3239304543b105a4
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB24 17020 bytes
SHA-256: 781f11fe58cb61f73cc59299fc08d378b7ce52d5b720214b65130e9456841f1b
font_02_sfnt_off00012758.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12758 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1