Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efa22694a802c5c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:19:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 735e0c52c5c0d7d636d66c6ad011053a SHA-1: bc02674ab8acb76ef303e14395fabe5d0fe73bdc SHA-256: efa22694a802c5c6dc107ae85a967226f29dc39eb33b2df61a50724742185687
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristic firings indicating malicious links to external websites, including compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://e-hematologica.com/users//file/11466300566.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cmuniontravel.com/userfiles/file/69701670942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flynewsletter.com/uploads/file/zefilugezusajinoveru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vnv.nu/admin/library/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rubididifibipemapagek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrislahoda.ca/userfiles/file/51104618091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca2cb15c59---86467245689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wcsps.com.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zigevevikos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f9c411a4b---68469294407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/masorilesafabojipobux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a63e9889d68---52711204518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdbakademi.org/userfiles/files/dojibileb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2b64fcf4f8e12457827026a962b0eee/59519922495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oteaexpert.fr/cite_imgs/file/rirowarawazipedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71119075776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/newetobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/21889560939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalchurchesinstitute.com/files/file/judosuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bb59ce83c---tipufawemevos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a8ca183b2---81883156885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607414a132808---miwiluviluvanujeropux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lammermoor.net/imagenes/file/91314607767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crpm.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rivopimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.net/upfiles/210718094709023027slvfnt.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9ff535a5a---sirudefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=triqonometrik+d%C3%BCsturlar+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001072b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1072B 19636 bytes
SHA-256: 0635349299728facd5da3b8bdf7c2af58534b3d8b455ba2facdb38a295f124ff
font_01_sfnt_off00013879.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13879 16368 bytes
SHA-256: 49af513be5584b63ffb3764bee6623887ad08f97da0f4f962e57d3c96009cc3f
font_02_sfnt_off00014ec6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14EC6 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 00ceedb0e3e25223d5d3810714ba4bce87b9f0f073e9d7fcde531a030e78aa24
font_03_sfnt_off00016845.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16845 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1