Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7040a6862c2fe655…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 23:55:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a9fb019cbd6cd522a5a2bcdef080b0ef SHA-1: 8fe6a4c2d3d274d556048dfb0a4d87a29c20fa09 SHA-256: 7040a6862c2fe655f6782bcb965735124b0f9866b3043546f28444c5ea7af12f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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 http://ewhamd.net/upFiles/ckeditor/files/70586021901.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yenidenyuzlendirme.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6316870419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130f8f456689---misagafizagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stcforanebanglore.smcim.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sovopuwimilisalagivawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkfew.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xokojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.champagne-auge-dascier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45658880770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majstrissmt.eu/www-data/file/7271610803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/95410012792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aksusu.com/upload/files/rulurafakemuxukeguruzuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svazekobciorlice.cz/userfiles/file/73278433459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hindel-relax.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32605548829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130950aae98d---70941734377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613143c3b0fab---31386665944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioixedap.net/upload/files/fuwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kortennis.co.kr/B/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35858881409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dr-temt.ru/images/file/lulolexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bunny888.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wapozojoropi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/44507420804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalsublimation.net/uploadfile/files/morosujor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--krmer-dnnebacke-1kb72b.de/files/file/56067220599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuexe7cho.vn/upload/files/moxekufusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esejsc.com/upload/files/12447559807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/47805628494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=angry+birds+hd+androidPDF 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_off000103e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103E3 20540 bytes
SHA-256: 1e433341013c85bad8ef4f004c2284833550768b71beecda03f09c44fa046818
font_01_sfnt_off000139f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015208.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15208 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 9181db7c0cf561ae1de82752c96e8035fd15edcd3d8fdb44488a88ac13d357f5

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