Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef9f75053f0934e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-09-20 15:48:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 805b5e6cedee47f959463912ac2df34a SHA-1: dad00eb65f90adf298babe22d26ff26565c6d894 SHA-256: ef9f75053f0934e78ccdbd82382c78fb2e9d5eed5705774830403b2685fefc7b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users. The presence of a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are on compromised WordPress upload storage, further indicates a phishing or malicious redirection attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://portableandcool.com/files/files/bufosinegomip.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://daltan.hu/userfiles/file/82932714022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161437cf46b85e---sokogalaras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinyoungvalve.com/userData/board/file/59573873582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135dd9900c01---gosewepasamuvor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donahoelawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/visedobozasivopusopow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131f50f01145---wixudevumajukozazibeponi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designmaster.in/scgtest/eec-new/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jujixuxuwuvuxodiruve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptekarynek.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/nexumoposadiregaxutup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentish.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mowiriverenonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomistretta.com/userfiles/files/81630320156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seeandhearbetter.ie/img/shop/contents/jolof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131310f595c6---kitumefusakomazobobudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biomisszio.hu/tmp/97935613537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/560fe4e607fc9f9a853f7ffe9e5b8192/watugekoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/jadefofategap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodykneadstherapy.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bavaliresuwuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michaelwilliamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sovotokajevazegogitominal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/56195122833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cainghienbinhduong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/88795574090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/rotiwowitawakevujen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonntag-immobilien.lu/userfiles/files/15536511696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogalakustik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/93141843232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=wink+hack+apkPDF 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_off0000c2b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2B0 9892 bytes
SHA-256: fb20eb176f8f7286ec3aa78baa7bfc30f9aba8bc4b12411db3e48e07517e6e82
font_01_sfnt_off0000d864.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD864 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f076.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF076 17176 bytes
SHA-256: 7251a2649467e51f00e9eea9e474c3520664789d5e954c70ec983e1b92a61bee