Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07b7bc5753d40920…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 18:05:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 5ed7d725cc5b89f71194ad82c21050dc SHA-1: a9ff6e6ae11be6342969a9d039a497e46a26c435 SHA-256: 07b7bc5753d4092034ba24188fc1d7be3cd3519e347d47414290a8f44aa4c9a2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. Multiple heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to obscure the malicious destination. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=another+word+for+case+manager PDF link annotation
    • http://aquatherm-graz.at/files/bevavowiriledovetogutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gat-asset.com/CKEdit/upload/files/12415841653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1d10cf09ba---64499273935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ghs8sl9tpio5f60b5oedrgggf/26235835343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k7rd9d866a6q1rcdkd18mc5ua8/kajumenetubodogawis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8ddf9bd0fff4b325969a7a3abf2871d/jofuvijolobobozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85f0d9e74b---katepowomiburetupelomujet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3db9d9c75f---85341305928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gqpm6aqo937dnffjo7hvo1eeb7/47240739801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurogeographyjournal.eu/admin/fckfiles/file/61354897920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreaslasnik.com/data/files/bisonaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c46c4f993b84d2c80aaf3ee5823c4e68/64834844709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piecco.eu/upload/files/34358640919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gw73patriots.com/clients/1/1e/1ed986c9d410becccfd9995a8318e329/File/66811601485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce929277d7---susumiropi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sure2trips.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/jiduranatamene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/77727276180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangminhphatkorea.com/webroot/img/files/10397905791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/medaziju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vq5qi5uv4047rnfqmtt0hmrpgv/foputekunuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4h24369v5gh44pagopijm9l8ur/60363761492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813f7c9b973---48170100713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c873764d0b2---22814866100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkland.org/userfiles/files/87219985560.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_off000140ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140BA 16656 bytes
SHA-256: 8c499a484430480f81791f43bfbcbace572e220d6754e8cc450bbc8abf751be4
font_01_sfnt_off00016c43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001845a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1845A 10852 bytes
SHA-256: dd547e0ecbf8e6a7517ec76c1ffcdf2ce61350aff87cfe165f1ac2385d3caae5