Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef784599b77ddde8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 14:16:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8030536ad6be0db0eaa6064db159dbbc SHA-1: 1a2f4057629c0619eb2c717098c3b29b89a0d483 SHA-256: ef784599b77ddde84afe5de419205d70953167f1963f3c64ebf200b351fa8727
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports this. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded URLs and the overall detection profile strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution vector, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021091203060179.pdf
    • http://impactpluslearning.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kopevajulisapi.pdf
    • http://forti.in/userfiles/file/pakarofoxonabenowurep.pdf
    • https://ubranni.com/uploader/files/62820344765.pdf
    • http://go-pxl.com/uploads/files/zajubilitaguxaxidukurode.pdf
    • https://matrainagycsalados.hu/userfiles/file/lugidove.pdf
    • http://bhhangkhong.com/upload/images/files/99798880044.pdf
    • http://dorrstrechy.cz/UserFiles/File/91577441989.pdf
    • https://rgcsmt.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54701875523.pdf
    • https://at2-turbo-j3t.com/contents/files/lonuwuxab.pdf
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/945c9832bbc0a53286f563c5b238736a/tevotirasuwogezejetisuxo.pdf
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f2fc41a679---82337343987.pdf
    • http://madinagirls.com/easydo%20v2.00/files/uploads/80899056505.pdf
    • https://silverbirdmarketing.com/pages/images/file/78134286807.pdf
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/nusujan.pdf
    • https://traveletrust.com/basefile/traveletrustcom/files/84276149185.pdf
    • http://avtokapriz42.ru/userfiles/file/ziviziruf.pdf
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161472a0e7bc98---nibopukozozafexevi.pdf
    • http://vizesblokk.hu/files/file/57634378055.pdf
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137f06200490---lajasudofedisexetanukipi.pdf
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fcbaf1cc1a---59198953282.pdf
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96a05780ae85b9e1a82f433f2282631b/32479903366.pdf
    • http://cleangroupbd.com/ck/upload/files/lodamelilekobefu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=network+layer+responsibilities
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f5ef.bin
e074214cf154b9c4c019eb8b2099e4c8f7e2d9d7f96af5a2bc793d6c93e73417
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5EF 17724 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012424.bin
55cc9caf9c1781980cb526040494748463e012a542f78710349ba05901c8faa1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12424 10652 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013c83.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C83 16792 bytes