Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7357a9e453b4e8a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-20 03:19:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 013ce7aaace9cf9cada855dfbf932db5 SHA-1: c7325d58a85753c25f77b833af63800d140029e3 SHA-256: 7357a9e453b4e8a5aadd6b78f5efb5294ef7f29461717594ac3d5259016352ea
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or are hosted on disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user to a phishing or malware-hosting site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=31+days+of+prayer+for+my+future+husband+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139241a70867---99988140212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtosfera28.ru/userfiles/file/78729387791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jetifodulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161413cc8b0827---74945008335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroear.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dinofadafemin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patidarpalanpur.com/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wigego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.org/userfiles/file/zejenoxozelabezij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancars.eu/uploads/edytor/file/livinarodovunuseposonovem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telorgabus.com/contents/files/fulutekorifalew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fwstc.in/userfiles/file/52532006454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neteyes.eu/editor_up/pomezeneziseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vhcvietnam.vn/ckeditor/images/files/kakadereg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/70815442510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sz-nuoyi.com/Upload/file/2021090416535033782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guide-eq.com/userfiles/file/20210912012507_d84i75.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.it/upload/60580390184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okazionche.com/files/bodonifati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruihuitax.com/files/file/zakunifekubakajatus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasaitogo.com/uploads/files/23388553375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classconnbio.com/img-jacson/files/pijatobazuzavexili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aab8aioy.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/fatumasok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wct.goldcrownresort.com/magazine_files/files/begetudofozafesive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141ddfe8536a---zibemefewodegejibafob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casalindasbakery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/leraxenokegopeweza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--elementy-zczne-kwb98g.pl/media/file/41403341257.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_off0000b84c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB84C 15452 bytes
SHA-256: 9959f6549b013a77d67c886682b26b377538e4ce00a9b44530f58ecf94ddca68
font_01_sfnt_off0000df4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF4A 11104 bytes
SHA-256: c06c09fc5bae691ad51bf57ecfe892b50f3f6057dcf1124d8fae4d6d6936587c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1