Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef66311880741895…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-29 14:21:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9fde9f4ca7042725f078c427ca366fe8 SHA-1: 456256d21fe3c718b8e390b72f6a8992f38120a8 SHA-256: ef663118807418958342d9a2d6984653f60a3969075a614125247ac46e46b943
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for malicious PDFs to execute code or redirect users. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to various external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://thebottombillion.com/business_school/uploads/file/71209102965.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/49987576884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ijestr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89766434832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asken.as/bilder/file/3532939333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chemicalengineers.ie/images/rasosowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poganyvolgyi.hu/userfiles/file/pivej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36619654947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machinegroup.ru/img/outer/files/nademelin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksiclubbiz.ksiclub.org/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/84350647539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f5c7790f7b---gerusinuvupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161539807d8b29---39714723561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ed1efe959b---88655801627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunsin.net/userfiles/file/31990940235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhilegia.com/upload/files/98498902503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wmu24.ru/media/file/ketajonipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spodne-pradlo-2bpoint.sk/UserFiles/File/89472032727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rqconsultores.com/userfiles/file/29440411534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.ru/files/xupobunimafugov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161458ae0264d7---papapuwokok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusen-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/10199383697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techlan.pl/files/file/nukekuwepanevutim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuonlan.vn/data/upload/files/pakibefixekowelofefuwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriadelcampanile.com/userfiles/files/pozuxigobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f14a38c9f1---1056765344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studionegro.net/userfiles/files/pibud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=video+editor+app+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000b5ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE03 10376 bytes
SHA-256: 774fdc94e09be7b30f45e0e5de8609ee258919fe9aa178a14ca63324d83dbb47
font_02_sfnt_off0000e597.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE597 17520 bytes
SHA-256: 674520e6baf7796fb3e471858376cc67ee21ac34e27f85ed51f38d69e120922d