Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73103e667ac4dcb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-08-17 02:45:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 98f2c02e4ad274bdb49dab5c0ae444d1 SHA-1: 5d68a421fbee30182d3a1b8b0ed22c6e07ae516c SHA-256: 73103e667ac4dcb2dd01170dc758d4aae1459a47fcfad688bb97f7e00b2375ed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the 'PDF_JS' heuristic, which is often used to execute malicious code or redirect users. The presence of multiple 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics, along with numerous extracted URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://arerp.kr/data/file///7154871661.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7eece6b6bd5ff7307206f844852e8bd/kuvaligudux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/retabuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38d134bdb0b136cbdc3feda35e493d06/kipurezoloxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanguardhungary.hu/userfiles/file/20800587264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b96b03c25e5f0d4a5debb5753380f769/rilofakifegatek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e87eec9c03a---segalamafusixigeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.s-prom.si/fileupload/file/32262356501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinhlytailieuluutru.com/media/ftp/file/2853710501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a52e10ff540cc0b4f38560d2f34a857/84328148396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kkhf7vqs4e2sgf70ilgnruoo8d/13170528529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchoggianiepartners.it/userfiles/files/gulunefeposo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/11635955672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.ru/d/files/65006501139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/1358978484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1eb96f0257---64392553051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seja.lv/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/vujejugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f0d6e2bfdb436ffadf9607d68fdb4ee/33606058487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ac5480d3f---22259198057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brunsfamilyreunion.org/clients/e/e7/e70b0594429ddd28dfd4dd2f61c76e80/File/nojovuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/bujezobinukoveranig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/mevulokizugisuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/409abcf297bb0b9d3dd208d89ad76b1b/93478002761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=percy+jackson+and+the+lightning+thief+full+movie+watch+online+hdPDF 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_off0000e9a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101B7 17796 bytes
SHA-256: 3fea04a4fcdf35a3d6d089a5ae046e42677198e611f807d40bb357eed11f859e
font_02_sfnt_off00012f9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F9D 11512 bytes
SHA-256: 3eee27556adbcd985809195dcf9782e4b92e92e316c1fb67dc790d1898730246