Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7520b489e001cd3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-10 11:47:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 665aca1eba59d3fb7967faf89c3cd9aa SHA-1: 50f124d62a9fa57d70e4229fb53e41a500792c2f SHA-256: 7520b489e001cd3e61b4f6ab8e245d53b08c8f697d6033860dee5167fb047e58
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm structure, suggesting the primary purpose is to redirect users to other sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates this redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://smart.sut.ac.th/tsme/src/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/govuwekimupemekova.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kuehllawpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dijamuditobome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r7luteno2qfjf8unm9hgsftd7r/89055302313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85385780447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/miwowilidomutugoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fd2d113f25---vudamozatapomal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bankerz.in/qpic/files/80570311680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/zomugelubususezovivejativ.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zojijadabojifexiliwutejef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychologgia.pl/Upload/file/68791520370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/91794071724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alistairmills.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gezamezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mptech.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xaxubojoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biometria.pl/photos_fck/file/pibefuzoburifabono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tselectromechanical.com/uploads/CKfiles/files/dedateseribemezudifepalem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foodzipo.com/uploads/userfiles/files/16280442406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immsac.pe/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/direnamez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomancini.eu/userfiles/files/neziniwoxowebuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feuerwehrobrigheim.de/upload/files/55940300182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photo-ostrov.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28634871711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jills.reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/34818733949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/favubebumazafegejewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133a7add2354---kukafiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutamobilya.com/images_upload/files/ginojozenim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=gta+4+cheats+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_off0000e1e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1E0 10536 bytes
SHA-256: ca46e3cd70ea05c40987b0c628b97f0f338c21fc0346b88c08c290ab95fa3ec3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9DD 21684 bytes
SHA-256: 3c0e861dc480e355dee6229c66ab0a87e0988c01decfa6e2b92965bacd150336
font_02_sfnt_off000132e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1