Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a8cc7035396ad45…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 22:34:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 53daa08d9d5036469360882f406c0436 SHA-1: 28215e6ef2dcf358ee55e2efbab0cebfeb06786f SHA-256: 7a8cc7035396ad457b24b2a482ec2669c1b3ec81a47a5d3d4c46a3fdf173fb36
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 part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further exploitation or obfuscation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=uptodown+descargas+de+juegos+gratis+para+android PDF link annotation
    • https://calienglish.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/topibesavarofesudigipetig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermcom.cz/userfiles/file/49191001044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eskuvoiiranytu.hu/blog/file/66240436312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139f981681ac---nadidudigisuvonefiron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1025ee602c21008225094666ea90b31e/81800376665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sedefartphotography.com/resimler/files/gejuxawili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://octapus.vn/images/uploads/files/60207639619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikuseikyokai.jp/ckmedia/files/jurow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braghieriarchitettura.com/userfiles/files/zilakujinisapiseze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dosajaginafavirulazabaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131fa3492f84---zowosibasav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.privathospitaletkollund.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vudogosibopurexofibaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralatemples.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pulane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///202195184341224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/303c64636a751546276ae6399460b02a/japepipaziniponapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eclickapps.in/userfiles/files/41984029234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gastriklandsbf.se/UserFiles/files/57024592539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointswestliving.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vodutijefovunebabisime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24hnbc.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/serosabozuzimibesugurat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9mi8ud73npcg1co39obnc4eo8/wutoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mentormedya.com/files/59680135586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/6862450413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfsupremesa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47438056947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/noridefuzudoxojelabupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledins.lv/cms/file/vatekakobozuxak.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_off0000d630.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD630 19128 bytes
SHA-256: d4900a56bcde96e2176c25156305947828b8e0d1695a693a3cfe3822eba37a46
font_01_sfnt_off00010756.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10756 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 5be9186bb068188da38785855098e584b1ca399cac601c074b27bfce6aaeec0a
font_02_sfnt_off000120c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1