Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efb1b9932d29fbf5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 21:10:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 4155c54918bf2b3fdd6dca75d091dcdc SHA-1: b5d8d97767eb89eedf6ecb83c1d845639214e577 SHA-256: efb1b9932d29fbf5f6b80d7506afc1d00c43ffc60022e5a54858344de1db0e08
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to host and distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161327d9296ba7---25242829648.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vibestedu.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/miririkefoxorigelomafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscalonline.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/suxapatadajeved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jotekonybakterium.hu/userfiles/files/34109554862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mehreganimaging.ir/images/upload/files/14848605384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eddf1dfd6ca03a7ce6f95b1262aa36dd/gebojipuworuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckm-machinery.com/userfiles/files/talowavajokokozeninux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio3.com/contents/files/19191810201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nocnepal.org.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lafoxanofukakulekugitosof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoachattn.com/image/files/84447693302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb096b3cb3e5c2a5286299aa8cf2d78a/86177589735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-bbc.com/upload/file/38300837003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/64624185287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/24552527925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142996071f49---gadan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d4b5483d1d---lesovipomoboxoxikugokovaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ca6c0027af---kedarur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/13321138252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-group.com/upload/files/77660404945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgcaregiver.org/contents/files/gidadub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.com/userfiles/files/64312673046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://an-ocn.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nopizijisomudajifogevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namjapizza.com/app/webroot/files/mijaxoburasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/28319876117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attep.com/home/sandbox/domains/heekee.com.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ledizujirux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=audible+won+t+download+androidPDF 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_off0000b4b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4B1 14312 bytes
SHA-256: 85bb0e8a3e9466ebc44d0f81e2c74b1fe92c79734991d51cfa930331a9a2a352
font_01_sfnt_off0000d87d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD87D 10380 bytes
SHA-256: ca25e00d9090812bae7c098030f462dc2841f796b5d93decc280c2fb423ce2d0
font_02_sfnt_off0000f01d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF01D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1