Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7497dc3b60fbfc21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:59:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1325fe796be6e30b4ceaaf7b28aa2a30 SHA-1: 2b1bbaa67df95eb601745e95b2bec9f5c64918e0 SHA-256: 7497dc3b60fbfc21452de642b43dc42d8193d182f4f7868e884ca904128108bc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://avvocatoandreabruschi.it/userfiles/files/kilidudijukug.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47fe3fca0c7c686a747fe473d3e7f5f4/tutikiberegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833ca3bbe83---12590671801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotnewsmd.deca.md/upload/userfiles/files/tilur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/32679366694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/saxizupukalisanunoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l167i4h87bg2qubko3begm1er2/wasobezutenekibovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a114b4eba49---67607557962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf9d295a5d---25210755802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tugagewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krallarintavugu.com/upload/file/29881149347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fb930617032ffd29030be23a866fe2c/36007845181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609220337ce57---33455302221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ef580d421976506b7b925591132f1c3/86971505838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/wimegexumid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/308965182530cc9581ebae3249a81773/25208159625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/vebaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22ef64f9ee---21807341288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marbellamohali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52ecba27fb3fbb1842bb3218115ba62f/22296744923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2591b08357---zefezogigawarekit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607892a00ec56---66334094924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/52654846303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inglewood1968.com/clients/68690/File/53422102870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=diffusion+and+osmosis+worksheet+answerPDF 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_off0000c3c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3C5 16680 bytes
SHA-256: d60ae4cfe2360e5f2e0cad4bd7a572f5ebeac6ff111f1612cd81d0716155bbff
font_01_sfnt_off0000eed9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEED9 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 5e078ea23b40fa4103a2bdf67ebe4c281d2c01e35bb47db9bdedc45db64187bf
font_02_sfnt_off000107cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1