Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78f7cee22fbff0fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-11 07:01:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1f14af63408a4e9c7c7501fb68bbbab9 SHA-1: f278aefb1899d1107d290c4bed32e903637dbaaa SHA-256: 78f7cee22fbff0fe7b2e8864f200a00cd832b582df8e534f519286adb4cac19a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using numerous links on different hosts, suggesting an attempt to obscure malicious activity. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are then used to deliver further payloads or conduct phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+violinist%27s+thumb+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://naturestuff.nl/siteimages/file/16935969565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161350ce4b9e37---18383435129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secretinvitation.net/images/files/90574154818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tideandtigers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rokegaronebabofit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mejizumunepavijebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopadive.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15770061587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burstallconrad.com/editor_files/file/69539955748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d16d9c88e58add6a777ed43baa5be04/44760515151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telechips.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jisufowexuputamavitomat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenmobile.in/jaipriyart/uploads/files/rubuxigolijibobaravijite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brillimet.com/uploads/files/202109071027316751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trickapotisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/363921581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ocptecnology.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/34022229208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82592118563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meesens.be/KrMee/Tekstverwerker/83066854064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrdak.cc/uploadfile/files/49156062902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miroslaws.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gekefizosamedevusud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161312e17a856a---89905232153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pemaboutiquehotel.com/assets/userfiles/files/43276776815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismolataggiasca.eu/userfiles/files/31392929367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e3edu.vn/public/ckfinder/core/connector/php/connector.phppublic/uploadsfiles/kopawaveletesarotavesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodlife88.com/uploads/files/nojazemopulibotixijim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shriadinathbank.com/uploads/gikipowetal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamzalegalservices.com/userfiles/file/dodetiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tprcindia.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pakokorowo.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_off0000df1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF1C 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 219975d24796740f02ecc97cb9ea6355722946e79503680563639fe575e2293d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7A4 17448 bytes
SHA-256: 5359a9b2ca2cf9c50cc147e498784b068eb668d9e23ae62f7f5f56e1f59bed21
font_02_sfnt_off00012485.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12485 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1