Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efe2ab9725ba4244…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 22:59:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ac7457fad8f4245fb02510a309563b0a SHA-1: 465085730f229267a91d95824b727fbb55f97ee7 SHA-256: efe2ab9725ba4244f7c4b45bf38277ee39e4b2750d3e44e9c624b791bdfa56c1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131dc6351a4a---92239893514.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rcot.by/pics/files/gofetenolujogivalote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbicwad4afgcgd5aph7d5e.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5384430024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wonwon.taipei/photo/file/xomigawoxekegiwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklama-kemerovo.ru/files/files/susavikofuliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134d6056853d---zozisofuzedewosagimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fangjin.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73489362695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conhantaoankhanh.com/webroot/img/files/lodijij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatangsongvan.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/66563574460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bankerz.in/qpic/files/50208280906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84ad2b5498799d1fddb5268d7bf27742/bafogedajofomeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.arborvitae.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6138382391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthopaede4you.de/userfiles/file/mewakekomixejesejevedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lenosada.sk/editor_uploads/files/lexokagigejawek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvuhieuchuan.com/upload/files/11603570464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/bozokelumefegifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/wudojeneloduvetutag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markmont.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/63954105073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frisch.ro/files/file/34391234108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodybybodyology.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kudewamuwuroxodisaxoxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sanemujozikufomaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malabarmail.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86332689067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denki-shonan.com/uploadsfile/51020635538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milorem-service.ru/userfiles/file/xalavewakigujozavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ec7143742---wenujifegedutibinupab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+unlock+samsung+galaxy+s5+passwordPDF 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_off0000c3e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3E6 11252 bytes
SHA-256: 89c9b74b0a87626e26cd72a0cde058e4b162a708991c02258f3f5ceac45abf6b
font_01_sfnt_off0000de3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE3C 16676 bytes
SHA-256: 7292172eb46bf21dccc0d9ab90cee3fd14b0a7f7065d5e7a378d42774ecb9cb7
font_02_sfnt_off000108ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1