Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a4f97148556f746…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-09-21 12:57:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8a96dd55734df01d90e4ec713832370e SHA-1: 3a3a02ef52dbc21d3b3c5ac7b31933103995961d SHA-256: 7a4f97148556f74656eee45e5b324044eba5b2ecf628ef5f98ebdf644671faf9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9885

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=among+us+online+free+to+play+no+download PDF link annotation
    • http://selfmadefilms.nl/userfiles/files/butuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spbi.cz/res/file/kigoweruvidefep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/telubevowesapokorodemowag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shunnasato.com/78041879182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161334eeb97df8---75161081057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f2d046f570---64316887073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungcumaymoc.com/Images_upload/files/neneto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vleek.com/uploads/files/62172283503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc6c1160f301c6bcb616f39d7db2d0f1/kadapanuxunidibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uni-farm.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20969280691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/amlkd9ji9f1j0aivpe6ujsk1k2/purejegodeligojiwajosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/zoxedofudivovad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaria-ciocirlia.ro/media/file/55876999574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapporomn.com/userfiles/files/jatisukin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://internet-trade.cz/UserFiles/file/35752321610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcntanduc.vn/img_duhoc/files/63791372339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecableapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/xodigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0935278f6cda34a43580d7b781f32247/46670630439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bordahusfeldolgozo.hu/editor_up/lupanududimuvasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69391660351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicfriend.vn/public/default/ckeditor/files/80390914888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conganbacgiang.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/vipivot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cd2e523b53---27772052816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriciobanados.cl/upload/file/In PDF document text
    • https://myarchitect.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xojesumonamatafom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radissonhoteltraining.com/userfiles/file/sibeluzokepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastendmediation.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/66550096298.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_off0000baa1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAA1 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 06187799caa031ffd3a6f4fb5a11add728e5f67c2466532239cec955bdfdc4a8
font_01_sfnt_off0000d479.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD479 15596 bytes
SHA-256: ec3336f437df63d2b30a10b911bb50c4c169289f22ba7193b69935baf0f0bc66
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBEC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1