Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efe8217a82a20884…

MALICIOUS

PDF

152.4 KB Created: 2021-07-15 14:36:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 72e0f9f8afd718e17d2679a15c8c2bc8 SHA-1: b41601faf2aa19e79c0d837a3ab8f89e97fc4336 SHA-256: efe8217a82a20884fd2a3cf089bef9c5d3e6c09bd85a75437c2c451e1dd4bf4d
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample is a PDF document that contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The document's structure and heuristic firings suggest it is part of an advance-fee scam, likely attempting to trick the user into downloading further malicious content by posing as a prize notification or parcel delivery requirement.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Advance-fee lottery/parcel scam lure high SE_ADVANCE_FEE_SCAM_LURE
    Document contains lottery/beneficiary or prize language together with large-value draft/funds wording and parcel/courier delivery requirements. This is a classic advance-fee fraud document shape.
  • 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.
  • Optional Content Group with action trigger low PDF_OPTIONAL_CONTENT
    Optional Content Group (layer) co-occurs with an action trigger — content can be selectively hidden from viewers or scanners while the action still fires on open
  • 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://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/45416673846.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mamolenasnc.it/userfiles/files/500206190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c959648d5---zimiwasumiwowufobugevigor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokobrunnen.com/idata/korowuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4daa8a25b4---46120174646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/sejudajegogofuzadakoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalikraft.com/images/file/xumajanadelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9523124986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/33368092824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d899c66267---732897212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qkehnkloom8b40kenhv9b60m2n/vadimonav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqs-group.it/userfiles/files/26094184232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8e5a8295b---62157394019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takipbizde.com/calisma2/files/uploads/febagupupikuxomojiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd754a2207---30357628012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/sibozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36248c290aa45a5afb39a05674ed9e06/surebikoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi2.com/contents//files/38363125806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beatmuellerfoto.ch/userfiles/files/loduketipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63291fe8ecb1d63cc4a0d731fd487ffa/47204643254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://short-story.ru/upload/file/89303000423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weddingceremoniesbybev.com/clients/72651/File/84861956632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a5af047487b0279cb27e3bd60973ea6/30618890334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c0fc4d6fa415134b59f1a5d5afb9290/50290994074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=twitch+in+breast+tissuePDF 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_off0001edca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1EDCA 21348 bytes
SHA-256: cee0b1b40ea16e9f550dd6cf120d6eabf9daa5fada98e7102c6390473e5b53e6
font_01_sfnt_off00022420.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22420 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 56a53e8926913d897791483eca44b69475e468b03653840eb21b1df9ef9f7efe
font_02_sfnt_off00023be2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x23BE2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1