Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 726f5edefd4e5dc9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-23 01:15:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: eca5411fb7f1f409f2330ceaab812d43 SHA-1: 28146fab046e1d9d543a347ef31aaad04aaebbbf SHA-256: 726f5edefd4e5dc96a25a7e6840c24671a6320d776307b810c2223f6f5d990b1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous links pointing to disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish for information. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a link farm on compromised CMS upload storage further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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 http://usa-ex.com/images/blog/file/fotovatukugiru.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f78daafbb4---bivujibumuzugesapujule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-dr.com/uploads/files/202109031014573325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportservistocik.cz/UserFiles/File/zogebum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlafilm.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/63027792107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fli.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faxurifogerepenirezek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614171342630a---tinaruziwenex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamjagolla.com/uploads/files/58758273341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202109/file/sewujam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sake2metustin.com/uploads/files/luzodituzusoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613326d54fa19---51358655964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alugutader.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90648091014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131bb55767fc---nufamuwenojuvojovad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariapolis.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65900882016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starinviter.com/ckimagefiles/20721993843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiwcecckolkata.org/FCKeditor/file/pejajalorividet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alliance-bio.com/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/2565812778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volpatoebrum.com.br/_common/admin/scripts/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12151776727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomasmrazek.cz/userfiles/file/karivolipavamuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuaphatlailongthanh.vn/upload/contentFile/minhchau/file/fazelemuderaxetutena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/karavomezuvusugetegil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canvangdientu.com/images/file/30674835711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69928216758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltes.tw-goods.com/UserFiles/files/moxepizifebotijerisepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirutte.com/newsfiles/files/lakodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/masare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=marimba+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000b228.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB228 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 63784ecb6778c2ecb211d0863e295afc2a59d9201961c3c1f1d002904ddf69ee
font_01_sfnt_off0000c968.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC968 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e17a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE17A 14304 bytes
SHA-256: 0f7d2229ece24a305a33a8c2b677dee2ae1179c3811458d63a5fbf44c632768d

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