Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7389200fe985fa0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-11 14:44:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: bbd5422e487ca3f4343ef84fdab01b92 SHA-1: 0cf403b0082fb55b2ce89c489c6fa891771b8fa5 SHA-256: 7389200fe985fa0ef4875701794da28a3fee179da75fb7a6d942ab7f3f8e9523
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'SE_URGENCY_LURE' suggests the document content attempts to create a false sense of urgency to prompt user interaction. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=two+sided+t+test PDF link annotation
    • https://linhngapt.vn/upload/files/kisutidupoxegor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/lilepara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsegypt.com/file/topativot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gameometria.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/25440735235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/16922515847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b6a4641601---tuvidibosig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xemujolopatevinatikerut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b02a1e26aac4fabf1bfc6b01c587e8f0/68583985416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/26406292940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maftplayer.net/calisma2/files/uploads/91424072622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139ca3426e87---nigidiparusovefevifigiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flightshop.jp/images/blog/file/12351340592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yanartextil.com/firma/files/98817050275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamecoast.by/uploads/files/63795344306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba79d6b301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qunjl.com/userfiles/files/91240845062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-shodnya.ru/upload_picture/file/sipoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosanuesa.com/componentes/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73156640800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dpsnowodworze.pl/userfiles/file/70933284335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbnjl.com/userfiles/files/gerasex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139cb922264b---gupapajexebijemile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/poxusasaxekajupep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agarimo.com/archivos/archivos/lifufafetaxodobafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132baa35b987---lapedorisigatitorimat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phunphu.com/userfiles/file/xatebubupofovigaxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibingvibes.com/userfiles/files/32450980649.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_off0000da9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA9F 9880 bytes
SHA-256: cc7791e566717b90c589693c6abc501074c584f4061927bea53b276689d32ab1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f093.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF093 16656 bytes
SHA-256: ca856331429e257fa1e525a404098b71db5c21606f115082be3965a9e4d74c67
font_02_sfnt_off00011b6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B6F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1