Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7092cd9775675cab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 18:05:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3bed79eb87d008738f8799b07b5b8226 SHA-1: 150584337ef53956752e387e14f89f7b9d56265f SHA-256: 7092cd9775675caba39912d7993ea080f8f54a4eb48bbeec8d8a791f702b9143
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 initiate malicious actions or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which appear to be compromised, further supports a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicates a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://raiporjai.com/piceditor/file/bibuxavi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tahitotfalu.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58642739062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jimsclub.net/new/board/img_tinfo/file/20210901202617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chowdhurytourism.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75414133260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjbtrh.com/files/pic/file/70158399452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boucherienabli.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/tevutozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/75712739662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140309353647---66144320282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614007c959e26---noruxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26c9a5b0976def01b98b55aec6fd59f7/30403723619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alitec.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16972876051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/widipazixetujixewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimtuong.vn/isc/public/files/fckupload/file/57705973405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah168.com/contents/files/36753017394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elementyzlaczne.pl/media/file/kivesuxezepebimixikogiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvamontbihor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/refasoxibomez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senegal4d.com/contents/files/tusijosalila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.extramas.com/userfiles/files/vukolizixojetamigewev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138bf87b8cbe---fazavewewenawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amadesafar.ir/basefile/amadesafarir/files/nusumopadamasixunife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemalipics.com/pufimawerabewesunefanaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/84422173845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161319e150f06a---domaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161442df14a6ec---zaxedegugajaberi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613609f422ba4---tivefinotozavexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hasmow.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77047870148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demirlermetal.com/resimler/files/28563731756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=munson%27s+fluid+mechanics+8th+solutionPDF 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_off0000eea4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106B6 18984 bytes
SHA-256: 789427e242953e0092d39ea480990038acf6f4757c5f23162c88bec34106218d
font_02_sfnt_off000138f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138F8 10976 bytes
SHA-256: c88ef420022c58f0d3ae0f8cc1a35e0478bc77d0cf253fcfc4adab036ee82324