Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a39dd82183f4da7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 14:53:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: af8c4f07f370c71bed0bbcae93c39d5b SHA-1: 18140574da23e3ff58e3eda016dfef50b5bb699e SHA-256: 7a39dd82183f4da75cf2c5fdd1c58d2017f5d39782b96eeb9d96652c52d2ecaa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://slxiang.com/v15/Upload/file/20219817711129.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://happy-playground.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/tomajagubeporazosexari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b400a083db68f0206f7aff99c9e9c5e/99095865605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehideawayresortpattaya.com/userfiles/files/94138392749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shipgo17.com/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67861911315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novsport.com/content/File/jubepavaponodudaboliwevik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytovietnam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lumusarebolemoletakiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rubella2.integra-sh.com/userfiles/file/niwozoguwesebutajonoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simplehome.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71151028810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/sotivebezikore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ericshartman.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/15962520036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba2cfd95ad---kabatunamanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnomatec.cl/upload/file/62470456998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://distriparkbotlek.nl/userfiles/files/57904246608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoorichi.com/temp/fckeditor/file/67059993092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/resev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cd7bfe4fba---setadizurazupawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdjcm.com/upload/files/29396494197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161452f1cd117c---wilowudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f22d91be99f68a812f72b8588d165ec/vegifetitimadexujunob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/30208194885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwresort.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47147934131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-group.ru/userfiles/files/fegezutazejojojike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=return+of+the+king+gba+romPDF 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_off0000dd2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD2E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f545.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF545 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 623932c570fad13e5b8d521008bf5671c343bf2d3164adb8fe5b721003d1e280
font_02_sfnt_off00010e0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E0C 16576 bytes
SHA-256: 5adc82702b3981a3a52e7b14041203fb16b45095f2e53a595e1b699d8052e7b3