Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef97370252d690e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:11:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 46f88d0a0ed37ff659f68d97b3621376 SHA-1: 68c4f55212ac8faca92c488bc5f3df1b627c444b SHA-256: ef97370252d690e0595d15e61eadd0c673b6f5c5a6e7378036a175c96c749705
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are part of a link farm designed to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16120241635895---zojebaxutenixejosumipem.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087358668056---11568403168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c35869b544---74494721710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://savitravel.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53657135347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://londonvipchauffeur.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bef81f0673a6ebc9cd8ecd6bc263e43/52111062863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-rivetti.it/userfiles/files/16598367649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.addvanceo.info/userfiles/files/66099744955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb04a007c3d---popovuguperewuwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94933956e1b17341262e4a76326d2e7c/33279850827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coaching-jk-academic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zolejozobezidujawabuwatot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vcu6k4cb9p43abs7hbgljnc681/kinukipopijojipep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e36653794---pulafikiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaradizopabilemazevesalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarauwerdaenzn.nl/userfiles/file/5942380934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topcudental.com/img/userfiles/files/wipifukedikujatew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d937333a4---79906249461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagominum.com/contents//files/dikopixasivijaxozefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosungtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210601_39116C1030A9EA1B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19491211908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrtaspol.cz/klienti/devel/sneznerolby.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wiruxovujiwetaxaroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/zaxanugawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonsaokhue.vn/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/winogonigifogoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=redox+reactions+practice+test+pdfPDF 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_off0000c164.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC164 17176 bytes
SHA-256: efa35b47ac9bc3c58a499cf86bd719d1294a17a527e1b9dc874327897b576abb
font_01_sfnt_off0000eded.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDED 10716 bytes
SHA-256: e09caaaa5ff37462802526ed39ed36ee0cb4c8b8e71b02b5833e6d4035857078
font_02_sfnt_off000106ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1