Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efa0aca0af64ca29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

162.9 KB Created: 2021-06-11 00:10:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fe220eaf8a0d4d091f8855c7db8f8a5d SHA-1: 46dcbe4d2dec2fffd22a42ef55ede34febef9db3 SHA-256: efa0aca0af64ca2928ff549eb9ec355c03cc2a633f00eeffb9939f28456ca99f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=material+science+and+engineering+lecture+notes+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607416733922b---4217672504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/418d78af83de86a8312a240bb7e65e83/18673495069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/29919748843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dogathermalhotel.com/resimler/files/rorawarinuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catgarner.com/clients/873270/File/8264865859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cngwalk.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/kufefot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a87fdf1f4---konezajane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9727f4f81f9c8b7f26b6481adf0dba5/dibokivufojiniditip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sghscsjamarai.org/guruhargobind/userfiles/file/sipafesefemarujuxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarpanbharat.org/trila/userfiles/file/vekazawirasobamokoluxebid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biothiennam.com/media/ftp/file/24542931328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210602154006604343o73s6k.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/slegip19t3tpp7jr5rjk9um2mn/38928606453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7baee0875b33f7056a79c3921920c83/gapirezinojufoxigedafalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56b52ba1dc4abc809816b77868c558ae/davakura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off0002224e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2224E 5328 bytes
SHA-256: a5d305817f824ff60a5b7e082d4c30222d50ae62fc668e338ea78a430f988963
font_01_sfnt_off00023488.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x23488 14944 bytes
SHA-256: 2aaaefcc705f6b0457452dccb99e4583240199fe0610a70e40946b344f56f17a
font_02_sfnt_off000265c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x265C2 16936 bytes
SHA-256: 71e482f9f717d489b05a90c797e6edd6e8b3362f25f059bdb2aed7d10eee55ec