Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a556995abfca140…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-15 13:51:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f304178aeed8eb05637ce1706dc6182c SHA-1: 95bfae7121e47855aff363decebf8bee37e77737 SHA-256: 7a556995abfca1407ce1ba916e5d5b4bcc1a5f8e071e304f63321ce87c88d853
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=infosys+papers+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1k69psa1k7l4p82c2vspc2ak21/kuwixiwogojodezazapop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/93385422125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sghscsjamarai.org/guruhargobind/userfiles/file/24835274283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/53596390080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed35e6b6ea0---widakepujikelud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d25f96fafd639776c1f178aec56dcc92/87313819872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://griby.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wokenivixoruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/bolikexirekeminupajor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.com/slicice/file/51855846366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://momsystem.ru/public/file/43406497262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cc4d6b9902049130015992d725d9307/zelanakibubip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienvietbac.com/uploads/files/bitulafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92360c89035496a33be4576b3199295d/68864531537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.net/data/filestorage/upload/files/fivadaxuzimomoduwuvisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/24093053914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb31e0ae86---xebizodida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/knqc1d5gdo10abmem90o8l97nn/kukakonet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f68e84c77b---lilaweliruwosalezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gmo5g9hcsn3tqa5vlbca2e4ks5/tejilona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xonunawunosozoxaresi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongthamnguoc.vn/img/files/86084990455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b43e53e8348---kimagidufivasurup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthodoxvaidikasanghom.org/userfiles/file/sozagobuvusitidasop.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_off0000e877.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE877 17808 bytes
SHA-256: 5fe11463224468545fdf7495292bc29331ee79b9d723b259eafb7dcc374e34c2
font_01_sfnt_off0001172c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1172C 10320 bytes
SHA-256: 65d7071d75f33e61f99a5cd2c4a27bda2cf28d29e9ddea6a4c7b97bc986b0b58
font_02_sfnt_off00012e92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1