Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef68c18c99bd6ec1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 00:27:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a5ae6f30d44404e6f0eb7dc7ebdba507 SHA-1: d6f92b7dac66310f83f9a3e6add2c4a2bb11c1a2 SHA-256: ef68c18c99bd6ec1801f8e8355925470c37d97dca2e11adb0702272303ca8b58
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojanized PDF. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The primary attack pattern involves luring users with seemingly legitimate content (economics notes) to download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://makenie.com/upload/files/52400249292.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kyea.org/imageuploads/63345720540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607037d95c1d8---gamosoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lombardpruszkow.pl/local/userfiles/file/dagefidamobuniforoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d7a6ace8d---5335525397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/kozuburuzesugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altstudio.be/app/webroot/uploads/file/luvimitimonuzikazuropetex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e4a8360587---94721740935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangnamjsc.com/upload/files/pavumemavemavosulugokari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iominneapolis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba73f66aca400fc78ef2ec21d8672e4c/memebagovaxugetomorox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digivideos.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jufulokatagopirijab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46fddvs4g6301hm41brkicb5bd/nuporaxifokasiwufuxosidaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8111b49ebc---jipepiwudofamavifupar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.ind.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23539134966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jd75k99qadac8a4rvjhokuv6ut/9686108230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfadent-volg.ru/images_uploads/files/ginabizavufajojelewipon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.rs/slicice/file/64544436098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/raledadanul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3oi5vcfmonudrmdm7tulq9t991/ferar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meesens.be/KrMee/Tekstverwerker/felazamepebipariwale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazzo.jp/js/upload/files/21092634669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/pixotakijubezuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/memukabexog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=economics+notes+pdf+for+iasPDF 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_off0000d876.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD876 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 4bd968e048b09232117dbf47af50aa455e91d8023bba47aa3ecd8c53baf51840
font_01_sfnt_off0000f106.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF106 18480 bytes
SHA-256: ef0dcd5abe227062ed1ce135d8438ddbf5b73f92c92f5d6fa8b3d41868ca83e9
font_02_sfnt_off00012083.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12083 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1