Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efd5ac512484c7ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.7 KB Created: 2021-08-08 23:59:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7035583f9348756dd15735b05eb5cf21 SHA-1: e20aa8f16be37c4d19eb3bdb24852c0407470d5c SHA-256: efd5ac512484c7eaa751c4d600a89fb142106cb0d3a8eef2c5ba58bb11c4fda6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and compromised CMS upload links suggests an attempt to leverage these resources for malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://safe-international.com/userfiles/file/vanulejaxufewenovirexil.pdf
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160931e23887ea---17728396928.pdf
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f36d4b9194---walumovepozegusimuzijut.pdf
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/kuxedanakanub.pdf
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6e62e5bdd4---94794951435.pdf
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/xezafokukuvuf.pdf
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfcde08a39340b2257a9ab726f1c67f4/gutofaforonilem.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c38e72eeff5---94631640535.pdf
    • https://tailormade-sales-marketing.com/userfiles/file/fefunukanakexoj.pdf
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pe3v5rsomb6unda68mvl7vgg07/bupuke.pdf
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072022ef19bb---gasedowasazajisobapedi.pdf
    • http://www.ciesol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xosunaxufa.pdf
    • http://chinoboxingclub.com/clients/36032/File/58340502307.pdf
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a57b14b1e9---pudujibirufuba.pdf
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p2tc962rkd4jm03msoasbdnc35/32700024363.pdf
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d23b87908d---5482535427.pdf
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d3a67a69bb6b30313cdc2624e7f9ae0/jisaxafugo.pdf
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94b4e75e977a61305c78164d0fe97e68/49981640868.pdf
    • http://alompar.hu/uploads/content_files/files/lopedomimivekuxak.pdf
    • http://bebsulmare.com/userfiles/files/10412015320.pdf
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mgr9cpl6oa9r2btr3qaimgm2v4/35707296249.pdf
    • https://proxus.nl/file/jozusajikajeb.pdf
    • http://chocoenglish.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/23645878158.pdf
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4030a2ed92a0c22d34843ad3776495ae/24603068096.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=pin+number+for+apktime
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011d6d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D6D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013584.bin
9ac7cd0d616bc8a391f60c33f6da0e18bcea55950e40f12abbeb3c09f2f176b5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13584 10640 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014d97.bin
92f180ad95732a27cd31f90535a1e5e21a62bfdbe9fa4c19ff0be3da828af770
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D97 17872 bytes