Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef4eab6160e9d3ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.6 KB Created: 2021-08-31 17:42:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 889f80ae8894845094b325c2098c5c49 SHA-1: 52b55bfedaff1b0180e30479ac10b0197181a4f6 SHA-256: ef4eab6160e9d3ed9a1b74123d9a115aeb922f9f5794ad6f4ba5dda4bc229597
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains an image-only interface with a clickable action, designed to direct users to external URLs hosted on compromised CMS platforms and disposable domains. The document's structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to download further malicious content or redirect to a phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://hacoauto.vn/upload/files/81394368877.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://corpeverest.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sajofimojenekomogar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyuanmei.com/userfiles/file/21742950739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076834d1c981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carea2plus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56fe32aba15018d044a55708588acf32/68924280745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuhlshop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kifujadedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d947f1a0d6ae07b31314a278aa401ac/6793515973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hideab.se/tc/Mediagalleri/file/wibemomotumef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mpksieradz.pl/upload/file/lepefidawapozakojad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a80ed3d61b---71756123354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xmzhj.com/UserFiles/file/gujataxenodaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3wsystems.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/mevaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df785184930---1059639493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/buxinejotewejowojaximaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwstationery.com/files/file/43831418724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oot9tins659275il4bqc0uq5fn/godilokojavirixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161146e7a260ce---57449151754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellnesszeewolde.nl/site/data/ws/files/datemikekekobidesunubudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radiosmile.hu/upload/file/15228933982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillhouseclassof1961.com/clients/c/c9/c9b049383fb65e98d0a4dcab6c176392/File/38529003494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096556923820---joliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d52eca2158---31728883860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipsclubcr.com/campannas/file/34201952424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecs4.com/intranet/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94028896401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=coral+reef+and+fishPDF 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_off0000b2b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2B8 13672 bytes
SHA-256: 05f0ab71c00acafe8439e0433180aeb2f18b67aae47146607093c025c8067dfc
font_01_sfnt_off0000d433.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD433 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 9939857c6d6248763869f491007e5b7b17492f551581589e0f8f62778f41caad
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1