Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a4038d98c39fb68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-10 13:31:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7790842afbc4a1b950b75796ba47cb65 SHA-1: 8045a1f15a9a4833a6ac7584e563ae6225a7eefd SHA-256: 7a4038d98c39fb68024c652d2f1daaee4676096b11ae85ab6367de324a79a80f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on potentially compromised websites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://psn-monolit.ru/img_file/files/josurevekopisiro.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aad40712df---83965999263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/maxevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forepic.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/tubejepiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nonstopsushi.com/uploads/files/499435202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivier-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46150890274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayaapi1.com/contents/files/24644087853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubb.cn/up_file/file/binuwugirigonunipevatogod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weilandvloeren.nl/fckimages/92164310309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6o41kv9g3vqlfj48aksj0k6ea7/mumowavikizedipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medtravel.pro/images/hand_uploaded/files/45681154974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sammycar.ch/sammy/sites/default/sammyfiles/newsletterfile/tijexibebetepenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chieucoingason.vn/files/dutazuzewokazemipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/744297692015cbed44439e9176bafe9e/30523285180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gelblighting.com/userfiles/files/xamufonirawebageninoxiduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37447655823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiisushi.com/uploads/files/48573486521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecoevopublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/buxatutiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manuale.aziendasulweb.it/userfiles/files/tijobuwabakaluvenejinuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i0ifdds0tl0d4p12kg4e417ik4/41080308457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hongmao.tw/uploads/files/202109010048098205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f175a1c4b3---miritewefedulefowifizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betonkeritesek.eu/Content/files/59312243724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161360eaeab714---15125034377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+the+incoming+call+screen+on+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_off0000d680.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD680 10896 bytes
SHA-256: e2c6691cfa6992af10136321e81e9d3fb7a3c903adbbbceff757a581b7e0c86f
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF52 17292 bytes
SHA-256: ba3127dca743addee84a7369ea1a811358e5196cac468d9fd58f55fe30bbb8d5
font_02_sfnt_off00011b0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B0B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1