Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00b7a0c722e55b67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 02:08:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 27cdab2060b97795276f6d53d0d1ee6a SHA-1: e7f505ca1dae48c2c4f0dd0d0d846ce256a24e1d SHA-256: 00b7a0c722e55b67591cc27d4e314b3c0f3dc10d40fb7540f540ffc4e42a765f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via the numerous links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=apk+sonic+forces PDF link annotation
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/dasis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zub.ru/userfiles/file/kemagukiwebonop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe75bd007659deb5a6757b7c8ba25f12/10603460480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massiimo.com/piceditor/file/31504942672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/menemupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspoint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faverosuvafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iaido-iaijutsu.ru/userfiles_exc/63118431706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bsbunjsl38faq4du2lrgvjgq3h/gekokutowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/81355749764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myshopgroup.com/userfiles/files/40577547989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk1.com/uploads/files/folomon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speaklifeiamgreatness.com/files/files/35638820023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://treasurehunterdetectors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fodedawekevelita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holzbau-napetschnig.at/belizugatufawanupuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/wulogemitag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhilegia.com/upload/files/95591634824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb15f8d8d7888210af1346625ec4ff7e/78780012474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rassadaspb.com/new/files/file/19826842281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villanakarin.com/userfiles/files/16443730692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82bcbaa8a75804e2e36d2a06d63fab34/75403140895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d373d025f9---rewubotegimalirer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e177723721f41b1a704f982f6b92d1d1/30637736494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/latoparu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320ea7b71a3---10327699199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korzo-galeria.hu/files/file/fivenulajur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/1302031172.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_off0000bde1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5F3 17576 bytes
SHA-256: e511decd6519d6def526441366281984aac8cb85d6ac7bf3074194ea12a7e5d6
font_02_sfnt_off000102a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102A6 10240 bytes
SHA-256: bcfc5fdb6ec6c99e97112d43cce7ad443e8fd54a468fc765b6ab3f90997590ee