Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7827ed8c1e645aff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 02:02:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d7eaf91885ff967ae5f1385b7edf4b4a SHA-1: 29db43d5237b7e1556e1c43053b1521181bc518e SHA-256: 7827ed8c1e645aff06c91368a5e896711c14bff084368966409d33a0441e995a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or host phishing pages. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an intent to execute code within the user's browser or PDF reader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://ed-union05.ru/files/file/jukumemijipaladimiguza.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://szerecsengyogyszertar.hu/editor_up/rikuziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/96882363476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/232895f54751dcde1f97eed02bb95c98/romaxokivex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e93c932f57389a1ea44a44dc4f0b9a6/xadipegulas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caycanhtuyhien.com/uploads/image/files/rodirunejoxumebagogibegul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jatransfer.com/userfiles/file/67321757059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomaglio.it/userfiles/files/talijasovoretebokufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.net/userfiles/file/45797453296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiamelchior.it/images/file/91476794741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onnetsolution.in/userfiles/file/rojepopujagesuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jung-yeunjang.ch/userfiles/file/diwudidavuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkycc4.com/kycc4.com/userfiles/files/tafatokegizusilaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51862526540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d9d908909a---52879384434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lasallelille.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rufabigirunulitegamiputu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degrossier.nl/uploads/file/22000562568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34477796277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/mitunudilodosomesikakewok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renewone.de/files/8223994543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gucaoyun.com/uploads/file/051542579940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trainova.com/userfiles/file/mutaverodisisejemiboseta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semangkabiji.com/contents/files/55292661829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nilesk.com/userfiles/file/49414730019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dogathermalhotel.com/resimler/files/wuvixuluzifasajez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=dil+to+pagal+hai+full+movie+123moviesPDF 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_off0000c098.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC098 20116 bytes
SHA-256: 0205b0696b5987ad9762283909b7f05af68774702c6772a48539c900fe25adc5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f55b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF55B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D72 11112 bytes
SHA-256: f707bd9c198597fe6a05b9583e58fa1327b1a661ef099f959f6b664e4e4f0ed0