Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a528424df0d41a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-26 16:20:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 87e0d5d49e823ca7976a1106765df987 SHA-1: 98ef093f702bdf7262f67582d720bc1fe842ab44 SHA-256: 7a528424df0d41a2b1b6ae74b5698f83817111e58f039f4307af0b6ae455b12e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to compromised or disposable hosting sites, which is consistent with phishing or malware distribution lures. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/gukuv.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gtijsr.com/userfiles/file/82595299867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rubella2.integra-sh.com/userfiles/file/porurubaremu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur2.com/contents/files/19872705224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-13/20210913225403115797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjqzzx.com/uploadfile/file/2021091814490273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/tiligedawez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralatravelpath.com/uploads/file/wonisoveripazire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bekobusev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vienhung.com/webroot/img/files/35706662986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ciesol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bakifimuxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161363307289af---fupimorisuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baongochoa.com/upload/file/58629116159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/zaxukaluduzewivifobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d3777b4923---49280441792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logtech.cz/foto/Image/file/12285205113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://8foro.exceltur.org/exceltur_nuevo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/madoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132707876594---xenameboroxapesinumebajaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/funebopifutovawinejezan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62c54c6da639576f8dc9ec697a9094a6/rifinivupitur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f02292c87ea4918da3c7821e81f65f5/bixenomopobifejuleketujoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pemaboutiquehotel.com/assets/userfiles/files/31303178255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feminella.ro/upload/fck/75799479148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=unturned+fastest+car+idPDF 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_off0000b128.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB128 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c93f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC93F 10412 bytes
SHA-256: c5dc67d753d302bb533029f41f0b31424df4b0f101547edb2bbd888599cc2eeb
font_02_sfnt_off0000e0fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0FA 14440 bytes
SHA-256: 995799affa588c8d884571c77307866a8b027a61e7886bc23b4bf265dcfed950