Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10c7d03810bcd4f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-20 05:11:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 38e755d0d312a9a3f76715478315ae66 SHA-1: 25fce324c0ec0480756bebb002744b37d286308d SHA-256: 10c7d03810bcd4f8a3a6399cc1cbb71675c69ba87df8d53ea35ea4ee74344b3a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish for credentials. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b33gjpomqf3pff8hqc2vnv358t/vixup.pdf
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/7377111670.pdf
    • http://izeninfo.net/admin/upload/files/78028136085.pdf
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c61514cd437---gamanukujodafub.pdf
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/zutixagu.pdf
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946c1d004d5---zoxiriramapigorami.pdf
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/sipuki.pdf
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55c7bbb60d---sopoja.pdf
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1e0a58335---9984359028.pdf
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17293452252.pdf
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2447418ef1ee98013e129086b0602a4c/lepik.pdf
    • https://sharmtocairo.com/userfiles/files/95853164882.pdf
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0e603399b---lekuwomedawid.pdf
    • https://goldenapp.net/file/xezimazupowabakud.pdf
    • https://abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dazibuwoliv.pdf
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3345a67b2231b0c7434a832ac2c22a3d/ximalitubevuvu.pdf
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/2693668587.pdf
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8e3f697bce---zakawilelalapudikelanox.pdf
    • https://www.tri-or.fr/tri-or/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/26567750037.pdf
    • http://avandcie-automation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39519366984.pdf
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4ecfa9d47e---71674994130.pdf
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/bovamogibamalusosasokonup.pdf
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/weduboxanofesatarijafajif.pdf
    • http://pomodorolennep.de/gfx/userfiles/files/lakaju.pdf
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8cb71db604---vinamunuk.pdf
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b649cb6bb9d---87340025394.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=brown+recluse+lay+eggs+in+skin
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fc0d.bin
eb6ed2fb1518122734b0823e1ff726ef256cd06700338f998f185e00a37d5497
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC0D 16500 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001268d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1268D 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013ea4.bin
161a85cf9e724f32b2217e247800cbffc7f8996ecc78f560d059fb03a392012b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EA4 10752 bytes