Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efc722b1e226b907…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 12:35:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8472cb38eb58a513e18c6bfeda4479f1 SHA-1: b792f7ccb42a89599210f0fc80d4792da7b4f3f0 SHA-256: efc722b1e226b907b85419f1f49dd1b23501e493ca90cb5904a1f4fe8272c63a
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The document's structure, with minimal text and a full-page image, strongly indicates a screenshot lure designed to trick users into clicking a link.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 https://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=attitude+test+in+psychology+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://dianthusindustrial.com/resimler/files/75858950809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105c81ecc546---18310297945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.rs/slicice/file/21239672045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/94847660591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpbnatation.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/jovowovameba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e489494387a4c146031041a6c53221b9/90641882992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.amedna.com/userfiles/files/30802415340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccbb1992031e3d3f289d94604ca08642/75501796597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redigonda.it/userfiles/files/92524042709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cana.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/pamigerux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/37238469378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b20af9615ea---judumakovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/95146435824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f006a06b5---xuvijojametejutixubutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/werexisalujatajosikebel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b0030dc4d---pilukibelajepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd6cd36a782---63774496949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healingtown.org/userData/board/file/gunavokenedar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607119bb48ffe---35485692441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoadon-dientu.net/images/files/zoramowaneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norview63.com/clients/5/59/59ba6e1aa7224642a1eeb14435756cbf/File/mubosogig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/46740140346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1e4515caac---63462000000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bavowuwugefaletudirepal.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_off0000b788.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB788 14272 bytes
SHA-256: 94cf2a985dcb171a8672faf5772c5723c66dac2e77c00ba5a5e5ff569ef65ee7
font_01_sfnt_off0000dada.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDADA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2F1 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 3bcfef8334aa94e6963583123ce0210e58bfbe4b5e4ac69dc9ac071ae424cfeb