Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7246c58460915d7d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-12 20:29:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 99aa8519ec9e38e5729975c7a44e9e53 SHA-1: c28e3a610a11ce60fd1f8d0a46189b2c240e50aa SHA-256: 7246c58460915d7da3c0e7f06c8cbc301b3063dde61d5d55ed48b9953ffb336a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was flagged by a ML classifier and ClamAV as malicious, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code upon opening the PDF. The numerous external URLs, many using 'utm_term' parameters, indicate a likely phishing or credential harvesting campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mother+night+kurt+vonnegut+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abf411a03573aa4469ec15f9970123db/bijakurulopusifuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/jofinujifabuvedoratimed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/ributedopekavarofimuzor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rpdev.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jusagidina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargo-box.com/uploads/files/zeximo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksx.top/images/userfiles/file/kulalovubiwamaxirarirak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talk200.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/87398102775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemwares.com/userfiles/file/83562369642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graciaindoutama.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/sofegigidufogesixalebibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europacreativaeuskadi.eu/files/galeria/files/ludafowimebuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gnox.vn/upload/files/17920087286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mauchlineware.com/html/chapelstreet/web/userfiles/files/pasosuzopovenilejol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fcd4b453ab---musopuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisytalavera.com/userfiles/files/31948574894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terminarz.online/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/80528704543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flixgolf.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39734676268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e3edu.vn/public/ckfinder/core/connector/php/connector.phppublic/uploadsfiles/wumawivigen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/629d24c1a2c086673e6d04f35d331e98/bijasukeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/68721579035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solemarservizi.it/userfiles/files/87741603692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cistenivytahu.cz/upload/file/pubokuvagesodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ostrichpharmaceuticals.com/userfiles/file/93125953297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.videocopilot.net/assets/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79707308373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chulintemple.house-well.com/CKEdit/upload/files/dabupilero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.org/contents/files/sabilapef.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_off0000dc54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f46b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF46B 10652 bytes
SHA-256: e66fe37fa462f666886948e7692f85de375701fb8944b4ce9b6258f7bdc25c61
font_02_sfnt_off00010c8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C8E 18208 bytes
SHA-256: b12552d66c412ca9f8daeb2e6781600f382b151d1c61361ea6f894ff76afa707