Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7604520a371ca088…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-10 08:05:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fdae9dbf6cc7d81e58b10a287d7cfa46 SHA-1: 68d2208fff1a03cc9de1b07a761b5c125743d606 SHA-256: 7604520a371ca0889aaa6a3e8278507703575c350b1233c26ca27198275a3853
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 numerous external PDF files hosted on various domains, many of which appear to be disposable or compromised. This suggests the primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download a second-stage payload.

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.
  • 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://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/notebawowujufatepunuza.pdf
    • http://cke.hk/userfiles/rejorumisuniron.pdf
    • http://www.og2c.com/images/file/domixevutidevom.pdf
    • https://xn--z4qq44i.tw/upload/actfiles/tesifepizasawuji.pdf
    • http://www.fd.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bulupilawa.pdf
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/zirugurepuzijaribuza.pdf
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132077cce377---bukawuv.pdf
    • http://floralojistik.com/userfiles/file/meminoramuxav.pdf
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd035aaf8149a4528bf5d021a164afaf/6095809402.pdf
    • http://mayingiabao.com/upload/files/61386879224.pdf
    • https://digicpictures.com/downloads/11126794367.pdf
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gusepis.pdf
    • http://4darchitecture.org/img/all/vixuvedusizatitorolases.pdf
    • https://selispin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/godepimofoke.pdf
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/files/botifugemowejezukix.pdf
    • http://detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21361381206.pdf
    • https://ventadeterrenosurbanos.com/userfiles/file/45607786328.pdf
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0661cab9791f84739b05c3bb6e016d7/xefexujowedig.pdf
    • https://www.mediawerf.nl/bundles/store24backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22217595382.pdf
    • http://rootbeadmill.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905045508540941.pdf
    • http://anadolumatbaa42.com/genelresimler/file/31759361567.pdf
    • http://mebel-moscow.com/content/xuploadimages/file/gigovamaluxu.pdf
    • http://daithanhnam.com/upload/files/sumematat.pdf
    • http://www.lbtfilm.com/uploads/files/labizumipen.pdf
    • https://khotelmarket.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210903_DAF5ECDEFC17E54F.pdf
    • https://piataafacerilor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/70894422394.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=life+of+pi+ending+analysis
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d9b4.bin
1a43d1cc844f640d9c73139e375a15e1922d54207b9308fee17891ac1f955b32
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B4 17356 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010651.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10651 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011e68.bin
70278ab6fc086a2f74fcc709e4d24cf3abdad90bebcd66e436fa9d1eb4b0b533
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E68 10544 bytes