Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7168aa8f14b4019e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 03:43:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: babd624145e4dbc8c19a13f7ad08c118 SHA-1: 0dcd0caa8ef5fb56a031141ac99c41602382674d SHA-256: 7168aa8f14b4019e397aead91d7f5b32605ab6b68bce2a15af90dde038161b5b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lalitha+sahasranama+odia+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2db6e42e27918cc036ae8e5ebdb386a0/mifikulefugovepokogad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f378cbf358---mudukokuruxizeronunarajod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/sivigegaxasazamubig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/92071449144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0j693d4l6vj7bc5robv298q8r1/zanilogew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-newsletter.com/ckupload/files/34883311843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cce84d889a---97618295343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c998d9c8a5---66800598032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candemdientu.com/Images_upload/files/35401279288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/85736553053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northstarbaptisttyler.com/clients/a/a4/a4b4c2e389351fb2dee96c3f727c6a57/File/nurojivupanomukuriniserir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608251d30c3e0---20003280227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbd5c2683e---25362482014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mabuksusu.com/contents//files/nafetivuwul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.de/userfiles/file/xolozabemovolabiwotup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dae1a56aa1---52396224362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.antoniopopolizio.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33526241234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073be22259c0---jibagubemodunuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mpressivelabels.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49127206532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowator-zpu.pl/userfiles/file/28629990955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160903e9667133---sopadokumobegosul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33b8b3ee8ce30e56071a5f1573007cae/xewuvuxosujujofabom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalwedding.jp/images/blog//file/zeroripexevaw.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_off0000b195.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB195 15140 bytes
SHA-256: af4585cbb6ad1f7f103972d0f4f774f6ac34ee61971cbc1d016b10aa1dc928cb
font_01_sfnt_off0000d809.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD809 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 3ac75a1c698f131462ab2fdffbeebb5eac56adea52bd9ef8c279fc73cd400299
font_02_sfnt_off0000eff4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1