Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7107878acc191d2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-09 12:55:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9d14b6f0ba9becb971e6aa7d570a62f7 SHA-1: 5aa75f808d48a2f3b6ddebbb7b126fd6c37d079e SHA-256: 7107878acc191d2d821385fafe32e3d713079d7268ac79cbc163becf0c3327cb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ios+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://sportuna.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28091712641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/55078340127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161384efbb358d---wabirolutusuwudus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tractortools.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/namolibukiwejokobodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaineyranchaz.com/userimages/38505479392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palet-school.com/files/files/54970218121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/gesapimazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mpksieradz.pl/upload/file/57863358350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locthanhroyal.com/upload/files/netogejesojaniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accu-split.com/userfiles/files/rarujukamositidedomud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64a8d7267c90ea534961fe8a061367fa/raxugokeduwuguxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rainbowfurnitures.com/files/files/fezamiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beganijewellers.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52834438745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://begues.mobi/userfiles/file/35840277729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/fosabodidojibozepof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rs-entp.com/upload/file/dapovewowidiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aapltd.net/userfiles/file/limebomer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a3e44a512---rebitokonofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://numen-wow.com/userfiles/cloud/files/11292526166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kebirbeton.com/userfiles/file/bepofoxebegap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsyrulnikov.ru/upload/file/31961445496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/55514120198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szsahsh.com/uploads/files/16090963046.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_off0000d4ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4FF 10024 bytes
SHA-256: b63ed6729fe24db05c21cb1d85cca461d5bbfcf29c445395afa3c42cdb2f5646
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB3B 18276 bytes
SHA-256: bf067b353915e177d690b31f2e446de79880c12b7010fbf1bff0d7aace690f16
font_02_sfnt_off00011b25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B25 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1