Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b2d919c7ed2d1b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-12 13:46:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 60c4029064a695676a7baf7bcb7a07ed SHA-1: 7f57bce90cae9287bd1ff9d0037867bef2446b44 SHA-256: 7b2d919c7ed2d1b38378ca838adc92cb361145ce1f4d0c7f1fbaa8f0d30d2bee
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a pattern of using such sites for distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dragon+quest+5+ds+rom PDF link annotation
    • http://savoie-outils-coupants.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47565459339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bimore.vn/webroot/img/files/62666128255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nprofit.hk/userfiles/5202328101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paneldeconso.com/userfiles/file/fifuzoxiresifemon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photo-preiss.com/upload_files/files/wutejaronibeloviguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhshf.de/File/13005371365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangneylaw.com/admin/images/file/libodaloravarikufobavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salamatekhanevadeh.ir/ckeditor/files/files/rasudazubiwifarirefiseni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azinsaghf.com/cache/fck_files/file/54524163103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondrygoods.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/ruxativuzotaboseguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132d9411da28---vetomofipiriwuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivescuolaguida.it/userfiles/files/kexofogujukaruboxelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equalland.com/uploads/File/rovikiwipefibofobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stjconsulting.it/userfiles/files/48732982029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoset66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gepakananenuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161359276b90ca---lewawexet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/kefilopewakovuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vasutaszeneiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50292178845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hfagoptkj5chkdsorb0ofgn1n5/93336971916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vititanon.com/user_img/files/zolamusezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faurerom.com/userfiles/file/96069674386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didula.com/img/file/42677049555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoanhaochemical.com/uploads/files/83228693739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchontherockuk.org/home/churchontherock1/public_html/userfiles/files/22120621990.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_off0000cc80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC80 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 499c12b14c3ce06322e068f651f702df7df34c6ade01a1360599a0aa9366faf5
font_01_sfnt_off0000e50e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE50E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD20 18936 bytes
SHA-256: c68b9166cf0500ca6a7a4777c4cf4387c8de2dbc1e4e6f595790ea2b2f0ece47