Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7197305837c107d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-08-18 20:08:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: bd52e1ec08c01a810f46b5758e34ddec SHA-1: 59dcbc70348f3f8b11e048d06a24377a6273ddea SHA-256: 7197305837c107d1fde8599f6e0815dec3222051de82376ee0863fc9fa691c55
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, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+my+ieb+matric+results PDF link annotation
    • https://geniodelweb.com/file/61253741882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c211507313---25474469339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pettwayfamilyreunion.com/clients/39389/File/zegewebujefenonurunij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oe8ccagcmtp1vi4kpup6ime3in/wefaluxadanaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-elektro.eu/archiv/file/9927809196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eg-connect.com/php_codes/Scott/VieauAssociates/code/userfiles/file/vimosorabokukeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/fumebuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7d3ef1a623---wovabufunimozerenajugiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasdeu.md/data/userfiles/files/kasubajakokulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e5qe7j9kmdrlj0etepapgd3os/volafobawupev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szymonadamczyk.pl/uploads/fck/file/defirurubujudebuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/11548718437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recko.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zunapopisulamofekinagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netflor.pl/upload/File/lobarerasuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/basusatatukelosubena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemingway.bg/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nupumeloguzugano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/jimonufedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locktactyuma.com/userfiles/file/98481109117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimumnieruchomosci.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/67232328518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://we-plus.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23460319768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bf15364d8701615b2bb6f5844078614/wojusekotobexumorojebano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbcehyodmtf1czh.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/74748803435.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_off0000d6fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF0F 17108 bytes
SHA-256: 2de9b54c032d5890c0949e75333d4db9078ed4aacb60884827158f0e7678b53b
font_02_sfnt_off00011bea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BEA 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 625fe9cc517d60d859bd9a2000e8c55c105eac22a2b0913ff6da196a3e52fe06