Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efbc82d80c1cdcab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-17 23:44:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d3805978ed736039a0c6fa12b041a466 SHA-1: 782823f8b1c687f7db700af47276e2bc48ee6801 SHA-256: efbc82d80c1cdcab621b5491758c093a45a4579ea49c927db1417942b7bf8082
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous other PDF files hosted on various websites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external links and the nature of the hosting suggest a campaign to lure victims through indirect means.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/27463300577.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://famillespourstarlight.org/clients/a/a9/a9b42c05011d3bb27e7f7ec2ed30324f/File/remofojux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70aeac5cea520247f316de3bd0fe3e06/fukinixozir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a4e2335786bfc42312fb2c80d32ef8f/segugodalamare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsgarten.com/editorData/file/dasiwogagifuvuzezovades.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gt5nnfvl970hug59lgs2vg62a4/koxipodebuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bd8f6cac140b95ac928ec82548830c4/26578623648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab802bf9eb---4053079862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85f05f3b39b54382bec969c6c39b1358/joriwuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdb4f9379db---32415845258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097296dcfd20---59600221458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietthanhstone.com/images/news/file/84309588423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b68066b94d7d763c6ddab2d7da76232/85356636753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b54d452d52a---jilipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69b0a94d67b06e2616bca3f1903c4f79/pibinesoxuzotunixegevoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adbb52ec3d5---34895644678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/tagapapagitari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e89f847bb---vefudevozige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluetact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nipewonumaxilebeguji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/20380698992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc6131bef1f---9529115973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2bc0a30fa2---vujopafamuwabixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morard-mcf.fr/data/Files/najobiton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce1fdf154f---7469242279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2-140-swe8h.xn--p1ai/files/45628092756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=rushing+tds+in+a+gamePDF 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_off0000ed3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED3F 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 6bde290d7de4ee116f66f6ec98ca06e37d29babf09bcdd46bb3bafdb6a596376
font_01_sfnt_off000104fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D0C 17776 bytes
SHA-256: f5155b91fc08a6ba1a87c13afead5500c8a2af35579a5e03702102b58ec7fd9e