Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ad942cd62a6428a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 00:47:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 74e1e4ab4b939c70487458de462bc363 SHA-1: c7466ab8eb650e98c3ceafa63dcac891d47e07bc SHA-256: 7ad942cd62a6428a67193c810781c4b1c6b8da27c82aa5052fdf071cb9bbfa9c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content or further stages of an attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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=i+can+paint+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30f6701f5bfbfa34744307ea25834d33/55662805178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dr.schure.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14668534868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161375399ba0b9---venubakipovizugosepopitas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbemnkjd7bfu.xn--p1ai/design/img/upload/file/remanex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungcucaytrong.com/images/files/lusesufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reeder.ee/files/filemanager/57801249434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cctsw.net/whly/up_files/FCK/file/20210903_145240_167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fd5031f0cbdc6708c6f29e4998f38d8/simopozewejowudogodeneve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161440dd6105b1---27018372786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casartigianiudine.busletter.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32098911745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amoslodge10-org.alljobsinliberia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wezedowarusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmechanicsville.com/uploads/files/pofubewuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133f489c3828---zakonorurasiginatomitifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k2gacngdd90agb6h0gg3fgq0f5/noxujedofevagixepikesut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicaldistri.com/ckfinder_files/files/wopaxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/files/39044948968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formpart.com/upload/ckfinder/files/90943506682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archidaldegan.eu/userfiles/files/bubivexoninivojuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicorn.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/megeforiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nurugelexport.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ranekedelaxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perkunasstudio.com/uploads/files/202109152251101073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/98821974713.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_off0000b5d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5D0 9844 bytes
SHA-256: 158242c477f7a5c30dc1fa9fd0a174684c8c56427c1542642772e7575a240e8e
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB8F 15368 bytes
SHA-256: c03273616283f71d5bc3291292112b0649bea7d719e937ea2f35e4b9a4de037b
font_02_sfnt_off0000f272.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF272 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1