Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efaa8ccb6e6e7a5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-06-27 08:31:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 6c1ca834ff1febbfc67c44e56d5a1b47 SHA-1: cb69e4865cd47add2d4b28189fdeddaff3bc3931 SHA-256: efaa8ccb6e6e7a5a4acd93ba86adec85f2785cae58de58d10223523ea8e431b5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f4f0774b69---kevigejodusagaragesotamis.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e493661e430eca868e772ee8685bf50b/guledemupejatedivukum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://questyme.com/userfiles/file/86413389318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2688620a7ac23cb01415b1ab088c696/64538495842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d1b158fc8bb5da18bcd8bc30dc76338/vubonodujut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtselect.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37189270708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e3aceb8a18---67464377825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuestag.ch/userfiles/files/50584395551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e097952e74---97836744679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e16e002c569cd95f262c4bd149c8347f/11702689136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feb9b439c17a4ea97855cc6ef53bad71/weregepibebuvijawejewuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b57c9ae5ab8---37243964650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/muzef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/jubifekatetubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d070f4b81bc---88561262919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dh35t7q8ea4hm82nhkvj0v0pm8/fetafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9402d3106e652b18214d776665ced745/wizinilulogepod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb1e96c96a5e6008a03d57905c7ac035/wudufawev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralwestwoodclassof1983.com/clients/c/cd/cd4b3c89dd1500142a52f05b9125c350/File/moxugitujatas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3acd0d160f95cf0b1a0fcd14d952c3fa/89645788929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741e3bac8ce---20047569393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160805a8a36ae3---63977030550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a70b91412---85930136597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc38806dba---muputexoxajujatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ca4b95fa3ad62002f18386021ae5058/rajotawidisot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=iron+man+3+full+movie+in+tamil+hd+1080p+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000ecd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECD9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104F0 11352 bytes
SHA-256: 63644263ea11148b1090539c150634271c515f1b89abb47c5c786be152b87671
font_02_sfnt_off00011f89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F89 26780 bytes
SHA-256: f8fb13d87982bd0be73045d9f0c4963201c46717bce46cb225c5cd43b79cb65e