Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efec51b67223b47d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-09-11 17:00:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 607d2532fd8a22e24e8324c959464189 SHA-1: 02fc678bb1e03c95a1c077995877cb6799c33061 SHA-256: efec51b67223b47de6ab789e6e1d3ba0deb03398b5308335e707d28ab414a294
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting sites. This suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

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 https://milorem-service.ru/userfiles/file/81482652267.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://zmiz.hr/userfiles/file/56960429219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayamimpi1.com/contents/files/vapux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corpusbg.com/files/fck/file/259519745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah168.com/contents/files/98021714828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tongkhomica.com/upload/files/gakedirit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tycoonmedical.com/userfiles/file/84831200505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oris-am.com/editor_up/pajuzomotunivujuguvis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131e2305a141---sokofetipoxabife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021090216362287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phunhai.net/upload/files/46855409843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortwashington.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/65017785661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://am-system.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guraje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aksusu.com/upload/files/49914923268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taigesw.com/upload/files/34041135092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renfrewareahealthvillage.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lajejatofod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsskzy.com/userfiles/file/97169639168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegastel.eu/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/53106059276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betamachinery.sa/other_files/File/lanukakowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b45b82ee8c---peligarafusavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behagi.eus/files/galeria/files/resunixanenorabevulimasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/68404227034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/249272c7de7a5ea500f4f64cc1518db5/70699069301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fonnepal.org/userfiles/file/vasomipanupizolibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=ten+most+populated+countriesPDF 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_off0000bf5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF5D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d774.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD774 10736 bytes
SHA-256: c039a331a227d7e4d2643324cfa495caea0e028751e8eaa9f09ba17004ebc0fd
font_02_sfnt_off0000f011.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF011 17164 bytes
SHA-256: 217b7b2e489ee3b093510f764337cdc00b93be2cc490496bd15edd8f5986ff7a