Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef5414ffb58a9711…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:27:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ce621d36fe10239f6cfa044abbb67a93 SHA-1: 0585988437a736fd7ce3fad92d49bfedc4f59288 SHA-256: ef5414ffb58a9711c5bfb96b6e7da1850f268db9ba548f5ffc165c467f81ad83
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest the document is designed to lead users to phishing sites or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cephalosporins+davis+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://oasis-travel.ro/files/1493123431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105397f031f1---boruzaxuzarufuxowepaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b16f28ce278---vugojepalupixisesepuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gurolmumcu.com/userfiles/file/30270043260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fxmeat.com/upload/file/5e4053ea74bc75ad880c5c8c5119e890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0-50.ru/userfiles/file/7309653842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stadtbild-intervention.de/Quansis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1431766256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happy-land.hu/editor_up/lunujixiferubovizoforup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b98b2c44442---52635979445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntpuvoice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viwowolepidibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bougerpourstarlight.org/clients/c/c6/c668404594a1c08d975ab50c7bec58f6/File/81467767431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2ffb86637a---84334048582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pahsclassof2005.com/clients/d/d6/d61c4c031b0f3af13d3e88110ef3a3e1/File/82086437877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contelex.it/userfiles/files/zapezowirili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/metuzutobujifusufaxoped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspoint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85070972655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marty-triple-m.ch/inhalt/files/20879916683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prairieroseclothiers.com/FCKeditor/file/betusofaxatax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kencert.vn/uploads/image/files/ponazupebogeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boatmonies.com/uploads/files/kabozedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ea6be4ebb4a6ae0af9d021d1bb69b9d/96884624146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0baf48d348dac7d9ec9e7f5b2633632/4456514946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baugeraeteverleih.de/benutzerdateien/46995650498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhs-class1957.com/clients/35434/File/favozatalotebeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rt9.rspo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piriwudifufanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f657.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF657 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 5d2f3fb688579a282c1d3eba44f23ca7dd8570573ce3b4d3dd32c7903b1aedec
font_01_sfnt_off00010e7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E7D 18988 bytes
SHA-256: daedab3afea8aa68a7160511e185eee79b5548e1752f527bda291e7dc488d5cd
font_02_sfnt_off00013f6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F6B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1