Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efa52cd8ba6763eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-08-30 16:50:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2bfce0a32d2e3fb7c3b2d128fa466729 SHA-1: 3eea4af9a0dd7daa23cfd9578d52dc1172ded6d0 SHA-256: efa52cd8ba6763eb8915600f06237281dfe5334da7e8e0ffc1b6bb3cb19261c9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, 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 malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=statistical+analysis+for+cross+sectional+study PDF link annotation
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/busugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://collegemahan.ir/basefile/collegemahanir/files/76088130802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonntag-immobilien.lu/userfiles/files/widutofuzegabow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pengyou-english.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210728_CD8D328613FCE571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b54d6e622b7---54831613289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubsecurite.fr/webroot/upload/files/98803655248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fcfd36ba72---rojikalefimaseke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vasantviharproperties.com/userfiles/file/21191444756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084be6dbbd78---71952720294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c312e89c1ab---zolatejilepizitupibaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607189f003031---wodeturuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qv41sgi54f04rpd08jou04t197/binofetibiwitokofujeniza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/19113252509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog//file/ritudurejevulotejujej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fo340falfm6u8i2hmc6cgel1iq/1720494147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d50d1e4596f---93626708642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/fimisuvinalifolapajagolez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-bouquet.be/userfiles/files/fuwetipawomojanukumeperas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78234000938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05d5fd7c4b674f7ec1e43d549e2bc9f8/tibefobatibemij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npxbyy.com/wang3_3_10_27/Upload/Upload/file/202182343109410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fc80117b1a---fuvuvemosavez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946d464cb89---2778905925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff6630c119b50848b893054595181f14/70823756198.pdfIn 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://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_off0000e455.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE455 17648 bytes
SHA-256: 910ce9a9deb312ee31dda3c0a79ca0762ca9eea6c381345bca670d6a131dc2fb
font_01_sfnt_off0001115d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1115D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012974.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12974 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 5f8eda01e2c6c755cd0ec13af07d8f9ad1b555f06319b3e85b06bb309b650aeb