Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efc45074130acc64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-09-27 12:45:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ea52db943cf04383931f545f07a8b4e5 SHA-1: a0267bbec8ad1bfe727b62a504749146bf788517 SHA-256: efc45074130acc647e9cbc87488ec452c1d0f568eb8a198c4011db3246f071a5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, further indicating a non-legitimate document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=microbiology+with+diseases+by+taxonomy+4th+edition+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://abdon.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9996026806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexprikson.com/admin/style/images/userfiles/file/38364031089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charterfori.ir/basefile/charterforiir/files/lozaguxenenep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydyb.com/filespath/files/20210912105000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokstar.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/rukowalazevulapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orlickachata.cz/files/files/21082295528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szjwwj.com/userfiles/file///44972050705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc6c04e37b09d17af7c7cc7457877c34/83770619560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtselect.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4840171390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/07160830515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residencecarlofelice.com/userfiles/files/86536117222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kedehg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72501375083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.180.103/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiwif.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614dae488c97a---toxetapirurelavuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140aa68ebdf5---36102548907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.salac.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xagaworevuboler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevgineslianaokulu.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/zologetape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cutyoursupport.com/userfiles/file/60203816799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designklasse.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36985519013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137b63e68c63---bulozipupanupunomugadez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48834281024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfsroanoke.com/home/tfs/public_html/new/ckfinder/userfiles/files/478558646.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_off0000ae08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE08 13964 bytes
SHA-256: f15a0171f3683aafe660685b2b9078ac0242c52c6bba5275abbbe2368cac4bc1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e8fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8FC 11580 bytes
SHA-256: e448c31143e90cf761bbea0d7f485bfa5e3728e389e232212ca3b56e3ef8bfbc