Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 710cdbe438273cb9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 10:25:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e03e3a1e26d2393165d6bdf6345df669 SHA-1: dca7c540a19704321521f459969c4ad426a85726 SHA-256: 710cdbe438273cb98ff8761b77be32232494a9974351bce4280c8278bc9c389f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which appear to be hosting further malicious PDF files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=japan+industrialization+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609abbbd1ea52---liwafukoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/tusedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee56e5574a7---49698358274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117d489db7a7---74687249936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/58622921285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20eb7302df---20697907069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/taletus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/donimekananugamopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t64g4mc10eda3g2gne3q2d7nb2/66631856235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd047b86fd---wewekuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/23829840247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hostsolutions.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/kulaleboju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kar360.com/resimler/files/ratewizevin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharasuwanee.com/sites/default/files/file/81650573998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/ligajad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeaa2511095---mesafazobavuvasulupev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gallerylingard.com/uploads/file/20961452040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce01862dca8c99419bb5ea3a70a82fab/kewobininixidojow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6300471ed5---9302270955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jedzenie365.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/digetonewojupuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126b46e3b4ca---79113452638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvatoredivilio.it/userfiles/file/bafozor.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_off0000e420.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE420 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 3886856ab5a7f6a969c78df647b7a19a1739ea05bd57660ec53a1953d5a6e428
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001143b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1143B 16912 bytes
SHA-256: 20633c80fb7c881e6b66076bb8d807b989fff477cdcced7088b71e65be9607df

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