Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7263c488c348baf2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 02:09:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 091f2e1132c362aa431a4c8d5eefd280 SHA-1: d54e0178ac8e514d41648f494755825823413db8 SHA-256: 7263c488c348baf26ac658398753afe87884561f33d428ed925a86af64359d49
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a pattern of using the document to drive traffic to potentially malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript, while not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, likely contributes to the malicious functionality, possibly by redirecting users or initiating further downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-14/20210914072109129897.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tranindo.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/mujepajexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espicycooking.com/files/file///xovapanetefavopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/46165428109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/donudebepojigidivipori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuacuonbentre.com/upload/files/29500792516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161454637d677c---zevex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duet-czluchow.pl/userfiles/file/9106838893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-businessplan.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/kapuwibapofufug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giga-tronics.com/userfiles/files/milakaxerubusit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentbucharest.net/images/userfiles/dofujozojadosupur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cbe7d91a05---kuxasivizunabaxijapofuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://focalthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/71906835203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/18521646556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mh-gartengestaltung.de/userfiles/file/41975062344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba86ad9625---72797361917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giraffeng.net/infodaily/gen-ckfinder/userfiles/files/87518139659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hokkaido-love87.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20565860021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsushibrea.com/uploads/files/pokumetiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbixanh.net/uploads/files/63657144606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paseppe.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duvaleremoton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jodhpurheritagewalk.com/images/file/70094380995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfect-gallery.com/userfiles/file/goruzopagulevim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bmo-agencement.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58030166736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zefoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161466e2c606cd---xanitet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=smartphone+as+webcam+for+pcPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d20e.bin
ea5f0383197c9db8c211314c34c976464d6b2a21982197118c622d9dda5963a1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD20E 10908 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000eaf2.bin
70e16897adfc0218417baed91bbd671f41a3e528e2fd5a06836176c3b164af2f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAF2 17120 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011766.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11766 16792 bytes