Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef865dd904f881dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:11:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 614ea148f5e9328598987174c8745382 SHA-1: 7ecb25f87f3a8193d5f60a519dceb94a9ffca2ca SHA-256: ef865dd904f881dc38a8eb3b6ade41575eb42aafc85825fe131333b281671d44
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 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 http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/19514678027.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://massiimo.com/piceditor/file/lojevinozegolis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northwestpixie-bobs.com/clients/e/e1/e1941a3904c49320334fd90e0ed9e852/File/88242035190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zisikukibasamumelemux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istanbulballoons.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88808126134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1cf4ba7aa1b2c48cf7bd03ff56d6050/dezotuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiemtoanhaiphong.vn/upload/files/26627997760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phunggia.biz/userfiles/file/19435583884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erex.hu/upload/file/zarenudujolajozifebakagiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2013.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dudijetubinusabapujewov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltssinternational.com/res/wysiwyg/file/wavorajediboraxibas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liburnia.pl/userfiles/file/jijimufol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/89113464078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wiskind.com/filespath/files/20210822033313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuwojusej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voxel-avocats.fr/uploads/file/zagidopupowatasin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca59d56b62---jidasidujelokurezewujon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5qmditfajnjpsoik4hr4ccnfob/kapiniwojew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6807b15a34---tuvamorodasorikofepetumor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dajosaxavoriwofawiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/76940115094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0787816971bef822e977a045aa87b0d4/18333016983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/rafinemufofineroparu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/17580733941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electroagro.es/pub/files/43775478022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=litter+robot+open+air+iii+manualPDF 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_off0000db35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB35 17028 bytes
SHA-256: 0d479a84a04089e8f457f32eb6137fd976675cd4b1c99ba4b0c522ab34431300
font_01_sfnt_off000106fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106FE 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 4cd3fa4d3ca04bcfda41d2e453a0151e0acbff881011a793a47b4a3087b2733b
font_02_sfnt_off00011e64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E64 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1