Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ab93a7068f06071…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 09:56:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a41151d3ad17bcfc0ef7a4d61b55b51a SHA-1: 34aad86c8b9d200ef33f58390dafbe7e32edc88c SHA-256: 7ab93a7068f060712b66dce86fdf289aa4a04d9be2a0c394b7d3fd376eab1507
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for SEO manipulation or malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ff81211901---zorojagoxalipuwu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161357e38625fd---39436179502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmc21.com/ckupload/files/lukexunapuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matricula.netlandschool.cl/files/werid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/90975162967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwresort.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gerejiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/munosadakavusijiforirebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.enjoyvaltellina.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8088408317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitteszoneklinik.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nedatapeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syntrend.critical.tw/upload/files/68646044720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liveisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nafanogid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaszemin.com/files/18763063191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiande-global.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68279750011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nayyaralidada.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nekenusapetekosikumalat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blnk.eu/userfiles/files/43159324760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burattinojatek.hu/userfiles/file/gifoxabotolarega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linuxnewyork.com/draft/media/79980595768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pjkconstruction.ca/images/file/67132044420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etoprosto.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37432360993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mydreamtuscanwedding.com/editor_up/limigixidujusufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/96411811571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mezon.jp/userfiles/file/70339289880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gospel-streams.com/asset/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zusikexakixivewave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143b2dc8ca53---pewoledabulogexenigifuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f3db23ef7c---66503687270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predia.cz/userfiles/file/xejovesiwezaworumunofulov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+dungeon+gbaPDF 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_off000119d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119D2 18468 bytes
SHA-256: cc133e27a16206ea59c3cb9f9ee05f0eae1e1afe8ad9fe440a097c1d4b5d6202
font_01_sfnt_off00014a07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A07 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001621e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1621E 10420 bytes
SHA-256: dff3fdd23f0b019b1cd1d900f1ae22836650adefe51373b54b8dc70883a3a36f