Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efd9d47301809bdf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-09-27 05:50:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: fb9d4825ebc345c5ac746bc54187f228 SHA-1: 41a6e671a397c28983695213de8ee0648b306018 SHA-256: efd9d47301809bdfe3df37b4eff3a78195f438e4f2a1acb9e27717595e10700e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect the user to a malicious site for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • 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=space+opera+rpg+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614073d2213e0---59026472053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150df7636c33---37426636732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fasleh.net/Files/files/22888086036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rw-hse-businessconsulting.de/userfiles/file/lilozisatij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mabifitness.it/userfiles/files/98017604250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theartofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40140734800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mh-gartengestaltung.de/userfiles/file/gerazuxuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geosond.pl/userfiles/file/megalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.motionmantra.com/userfiles/files/gadis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theurbanbazzaar.com/userfiles/file/gonegobilekajinivizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szamosiszerviz.hu/feltoltott/files/tunilezonowidurowozejusat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suma.ca/upload/editor/file/64374819748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cultureresortpokhara.com/assets/userfiles/files/pepanogotegidubokulijal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shevian.com/images/file/24809642164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/75913492352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardeche.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82941001663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150f44448975---97508357431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d2e9658966---28993235996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tebojobezofabigejukolabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c18728927b---rurixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukysovin.com/img-svc/files/10112834488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dekoforuzupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://incoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/32421107524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/584240a6f89170ce647c8aa3ee37e2b6/39671071744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villatoscana-pi.it/userfiles/file/81005697482.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_off0000b1f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA05 17744 bytes
SHA-256: 85a76840915cbed3d7570a4e1db373c6c7e77f7778244cff00357a8f42f6fcb2
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7F1 10364 bytes
SHA-256: 20db9521915ee043c8502c3b851d99de305dac56fa40af18cd9ebed17ee60506