Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efd8b4ac56db89d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-08-11 02:27:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 61fb6c4175b5f3eb3f6e05224a208967 SHA-1: 73d21eb97a8533039df2c83aaca3f4661e67f6a9 SHA-256: efd8b4ac56db89d7e629614dbd4acacbbbbad678c17f3d2444a6042615065f86
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, preventing a more detailed analysis of its specific content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://lineshare.net/upload/files/20210803153628.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079031a628f5---87345292768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bb181400928755404fe0e9159d40887/falag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727e702bebb---94589189264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledspectrumthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kesatudude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietkevuphong.com/uploads/image/files/bunasijerar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnejendomsdrift.dk/userfiles/file/85993452195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingwrapcarspa.com/upload/files/pulanoxaworigulujuviwed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigband-ulm.de/userfiles/files/pozipevokusajag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf41bc45718---91092314541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b098681b5c---82876902446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalbau.hu/imagesfiles/vifidetenipedutarebovidiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec1f8e2065---nudiwexopogewuxudozoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091dd538c470---vizevanaxalizifazuxeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scvumaichiramen.com/uploads/files/gageneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de81f5c683c---ruruzepofobokesegeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071fbe0bfae6---nexuladalonada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f84bacbe21---88696342161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d60fe07f19---47792110990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhopphat.com/uploads/files/29791221540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/18622232262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapuridiocese.com/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/kunesig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesnek-vysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/kedutejovawalifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69e2ab0e9bb6caafd85f3590dc8c43bf/68479726407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/tudedapafefafenur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=use+melissa+database+for+nonprofitsPDF 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_off0000e952.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE952 10804 bytes
SHA-256: cac2032a1882f31c763c3ac26539a46d882f05c937287f159a526b2eb945e0cc
font_01_sfnt_off000101f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A04 16928 bytes
SHA-256: fb7e1549d5e4ca7886898d48c87f257dd9a7a61b5c00d5eae1ee17dd7f5276d4