Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ab9a6028c3afd4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-08-17 20:13:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2c5d2824e4332253475ceb554e3b101b SHA-1: 6c81953bca5bb52c1ec801d8728e6cc09989670c SHA-256: 7ab9a6028c3afd4dac93fab3347399f673dbcd7b0729be905c5619e233dccd10
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a download button lure further supports this conclusion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=drift+max+world+hack+mod+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608463e36eb82---30224199718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b39044d0416---xitegufunasemuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5fa153ae1e---gisivenomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coniperfumes.cl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74634898533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf46c26d6d---lanilewafibizikelovumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb415f108e---niwalutezupaxopox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c0c4664a27749f55de3ff7692ff3ead/xikubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thongthien.vn/upload/files/89485521623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0d96a90235---52873414535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topup-fight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sotuzutiwerigom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasteadmin.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/custom/wysi_uploads/files/tuvirunoxoxajuximolosan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunecharts.com/userfiles//file/xojimokawuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckm-machinery.com/userfiles/files/pudisigogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamfieldrental.com/userfiles/file/19450182521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b538ebd4cd7fad9345f0d0a284158d4/28150548444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf1e709b2e156ef49a23f7df27750d56/jufodosisiwonawoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b72badc15---tifuvokolepajut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jainfarms.com/uploads/67173945477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f14bc8e65b0e92c3fff4292f75d216e8/75456264025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac590866da7---46298620682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5794b937d---kutupovisomipan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquamedia.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gapoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liebherr-tr.com/userfiles/file/zivovepavadikexuw.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_off0000e399.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE399 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBAB 16980 bytes
SHA-256: e9e16464f6b5b198fe5a8b942e8e87269b24dd064b0dab23fc975f8f923656fa
font_02_sfnt_off0001281c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1281C 10864 bytes
SHA-256: b560d4785ba8ae86820db08cffb1dcf415deadfe6bd1c032c6c83e7b28b71d08