Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efb1c0c1a350ebb5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-09-12 21:53:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: fc947eff6c8f294ea971ba44e7097bce SHA-1: de8287654f5149ef9a27340c3736b07fcef544e9 SHA-256: efb1c0c1a350ebb5e67a4deb193e359de668a295cd69e949f1500f162192d129
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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.
  • 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 http://interreg-ipa-husrb.com/downloads/gobamag.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/82482904588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://4cmedica.com/ficheiros_upload/file/8493803072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/535237fe9b78affc33531a3e76a74e42/32305117740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruiguoex.com/upfile/files/2021/09/09/40278920649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diysmart.net/userfiles/file/rafivojogamav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teleinwestor.com/userfiles/file/44377202559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelworld.ro/userfiles/file/gegid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjjapan.jp/files/ckeditor/files/pofazuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franchise-vietnam.com/app/webroot/img/files/73021160161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zegaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/90820560587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/kojogisutagifaselavaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dce9a8064b---25592055822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ae9f6e54f9580aaa4d8704f6fe0d4fa/93049251398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grdr.org/paidel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72813590339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yacpa.org/yacpafiles/file/1152461865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cm8caae5d9a0a0a1dxk6dd.com/user_img/files/77105194808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saluteebenesseresas.it/userfiles/files/85007560606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planbmedia.hu/files/letakemizegak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/32236735291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sz-nuoyi.com/Upload/file/2021090408534356149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elard-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46921559482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161337f2e68dba---silanipuxewezugaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30665056043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingbakerypans.com/userfiles/file/55055222555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=where+are+my+android+pictures+backed+upPDF 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_off0000c9ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9AC 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 41a722b0a872ca84e40c06142b59e9edf0e471cd330a130ac9c7474567156446
font_01_sfnt_off0000e370.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE370 16972 bytes
SHA-256: 9b64b711c36e5377f2dda80ef946704d61009e5c9ebb2567ea99ca9cfe9de106
font_02_sfnt_off00010f06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F06 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1