Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a7e0160b19a2f94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 12:02:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b3695ab420955abff0615f213e0c6fd7 SHA-1: 9a524c513c0525b6ac3bc035a91d906200f85efb SHA-256: 7a7e0160b19a2f941bd961d710675790999195e9a6777bae2f4790f756ba377c
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 or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) is a key indicator of malicious functionality within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://mmgrowersg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuzigol.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://listapp.in/ci/userfiles/files/lipuroposikedifijagev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcf0ae06d986a3cc76024f3cf8f86ef0/ligavupigomajajijubunuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///37963142195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vevo.keresztessyoptika.hu/elemek/file/biguwixelofer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/94993619826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychologadamczak.pl/userfiles/file/75519177861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kentacademymiango.com/userfiles/file/99521552722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c0afecd98---72598872695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevenseahotel.com/uploads/images/files/zedufojatugabubusivur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckm-machinery.com/userfiles/files/41093584528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rustproofingottawa.com/userfiles/file/423633843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijn-nederland.nl/userfiles/file/4718736198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c3cd93677---67902358634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiddencliff.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_B3310FF3B970A270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scmsgroup.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fofaradozisikopejok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f952447c12---dedobanufazugolupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekbdrive.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xapugorototezibesimuwesed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipack.ru/content/file/gegunejomotakogazimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synerfreight.com/syner_upload/images/files/potazolemodiwabiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.artikel238.nl/emmwebbit/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25925819199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/61909924338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/zemupadupezenopoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spheresignal.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/9748442591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+transfer+whatsapp+messages+from+android+to+another+android+phonePDF 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_off0000d4b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4B3 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 23422c62cb00689f36ab374d62ac44cac9e704f7fef39a7b3c19ce83e4252b33
font_01_sfnt_off0000edc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDC8 17844 bytes
SHA-256: bb04a81572fd4eb12477a21d43f49e69ffdc9301e30ba6dd89b86532f19a0d39
font_02_sfnt_off00011c59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1