Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efcb4d9956d916c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-08-11 14:50:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ac527763d1226f07aec4e9918c860d0c SHA-1: 807a1f2b72e56cac83b28b4108ea39c5f82383e7 SHA-256: efcb4d9956d916c2eecdba1658264922f40897bfcf3fc7f91c7206ab8e570b41
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with attempts to trick users into downloading further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ttworld.hu/uploads/content_files/files/40549110183.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b86f845b10---modaxadane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/domiwirokawajofolaredot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeaf3f9d62c---32135023263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://openendrep.com/userfiles/files/murubepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf2f0b970ff---89009341109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allg-gyn.ch/userfiles/file/70745068770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/84552748661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/xarinosapolojojunumunomax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098464502a8c---zidunakar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuhomania.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fovizelifemeferosaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607992c8afd70---vujij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bike-aholic.com/UserFiles/file/67295517104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986e94a3126---86191320636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fnj8s33fpheojd2pe3ou0kji56/moguzikoben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bda.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xudugavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baf36fa5fc0---24238635794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epplast.com/files/file/nekixijuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ff2028e9bf6382ea9694256e54e967e/zavixofipuvozesib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160776a6cd0517---lokugofekofomabiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8a5358753---lelofupinunitonezufaposo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hollywoodterrace.org/clients/863344/File/rematoxivovezukelek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.niziointerior.pl/upload/file/84095367084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c2a642c641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=five+nights+at+freddy%27s+2+custom+night+gamejoltPDF 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_off0000df72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF72 11464 bytes
SHA-256: 08fed061433b6f8caa9f4c7a66e8765362c886fdbefe1ee97769f02e7b4ec8bb
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA41 17900 bytes
SHA-256: 4c855bc874890827b4dd59ca1d32237a86427f8b3af89e1904ad86df86a64b73
font_02_sfnt_off000128f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1