Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef761841eb84e331…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 18:33:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0b96a5e152447506e874e843b3a1d862 SHA-1: a078a572f263b088e03bb567c7ee1baab1c32581 SHA-256: ef761841eb84e331e9171fe8a46b7226de6c1232f4b6edcaaec75e554e2c86b3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://fcksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13825914955.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d77c66c7ca---37954071006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micsys.in/userfiles/file/wivowufilagapojugajir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/806af7454ff4efb12ba83a151f586a4d/bexomesegivavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helloshoppingnepal.com/userfiles/file/85989013026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterani-pushkino.ru/userfiles/files/61668486464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1dbed46e8---97222342360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fc35fa8028---54455008418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/24463406310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e7e9d9d9d---54593485563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/18051982200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e74b52d0129bf6b2444063ed852e354e/jadaxozux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nvv4o0k7d2nanlnoo5ljt412a2/wurib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607098e1acb31---geres.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/sarixitefaxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f20b2461f---40201595545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikkosushi.com/uploads/files/joziduwasagutulorose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/96089421382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/83906675724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevelec.com/bevelec/dossierMois/file/velenuvababefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202106/file/xebaxivowepenajilufud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81f76e58ba2b8b86b6ccce88504b2b01/tifozuxekupabojafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/negulus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=common+words+beginning+with+kPDF 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_off0000f204.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF204 17320 bytes
SHA-256: 2d970d5a9cc6dc4a0486aa673786cd527ecb7bc7bff8343c65a554b05ff3fda7
font_01_sfnt_off00011f03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F03 10836 bytes
SHA-256: ae410029c30cfe77db5338d23c2f12d2dc5fa3b0e84f44ba02348b344ff8c1e4
font_02_sfnt_off000137ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1