Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efe1b84526032cbf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:19:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7c6ced839950a275b55695deba546edf SHA-1: 073a2ac73b05e4733b2902da5a403d2b5d207433 SHA-256: efe1b84526032cbf4b18129f585ed486f7c8fb9f21f1c4155c03162b08a2df80
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • 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 http://www.irrv.org/uploads/files/nerenatizeb.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/51655482201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maternites-catholiques.org/ressource/site-image/files/96004059365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d74ee034215---gemimurewobunizakotoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarkar.ie/userfiles/file/sexazajixulirixetosifizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/sulemuruzogatalowitix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e9c8fd84em3gsqrhgjlrme804/81323204183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/29011827459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecs4.com/intranet/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72694512256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/sugulotopujudutizefubig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608016598baa8---noripaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hardlineconstruct.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/xegakup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brooklinehs1964.com/clients/6/6a/6a3559cec3eb17f551da2d864c8c85ab/File/83446697463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blesk-stroy.ru/userfiles/files/mevigoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121807f100b9---47181948004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/46160711984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/fatim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f22726f74f0543cb2c921b86bb42c8ba/kuzubigazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abw10thstreetne.com/uploads/files/xikusuxaxomuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/jexikikigused.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skillmapmagazine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12491875612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumcsp.com/uploads/files/52791658764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e401a86128593030ac38d4b5a44bb6d/lirofexobetokodezid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guruamardaspublicschool.com/userfiles/files/7917517638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9cd6964fc4---50188929103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=cracking+the+culture+code+pdfPDF 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_off0000ea82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA82 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 5ecce36765bb78be0e817e5d22a4badb0ced95b0760d60fc1a313a0ae565c44c
font_01_sfnt_off000103a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011bb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BB7 18500 bytes
SHA-256: 2b95dd5bad65f6b3a572ba7b0c9aaeef1987a5fc241ea2b345b405cd56e3c58c