Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efa9c90a540cf55b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:54:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6186a7960c9b5586f68899c9bada4d0a SHA-1: c06ae6208c5c71034b7a3fd11789980b53a4e3fb SHA-256: efa9c90a540cf55b140973e3a08d6c71222409ae45fb9c544649f793e20ff5be
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=find+the+area+of+a+rectangle PDF link annotation
    • http://2013.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wozekufefewevefalixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089aebe61005---60530404775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/86812221248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/xusutegasusugudel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/omemm1jt9ebpgsatdeenk4d0vd/dubitibudoberaziboda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhs1980alumni.com/clients/878257/File/44167112467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d32743c80d8---91504464050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b75a54c71dc---96080484106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609d12f9adb08---vipuzonubegamowime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4f4e8471bb---tevizizuvigumek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simsoncantho.com/userfiles/file/ruduzawimuxatix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m7f7hj6i4joqhjhu7hv7u69jms/furureb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nomorecpapmachine.com/userfiles/files/74499167475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5h8vp6vog0bbpf1gdj8h9oubtd/72860700438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents//files/vusesogusuzalijiwupusaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/698aad49fbf1bf16e3f61e55924735e8/gimedubaguni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aarhuskortet.dk/images/file/rodamefofadoxotomefube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5483d991f9462815d180d8391ef1c831/warupetoridajofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mzlpro.com/web/img/podborky/files/fatizewidaguwifirililov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429195310948186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toicodonlyson.com/uploads/files/xujeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b66817c53fb---renokelepabixadakakedulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.eu/data/cms/file/bukudapusinolalefejediden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8416ecddd9ccb6de7215db7aa3d84bf1/81071410223.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_off0000d6c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eee0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEE0 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 222bb5fbbf397fb30bfb260d6f1b940bba29eabd75cc27c05a866f7b93a5abd1
font_02_sfnt_off0001069f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1069F 19252 bytes
SHA-256: 0f9bd2d520b2a8e00bc913ce060f49f38f9be2a5582e116e7abda533cd528c98