Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b5c6643e3669f4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:37:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9d2e3e297b66fa464b92a1d89c6e6318 SHA-1: 24104f1025236437cca66f18e4373f18e766a9bb SHA-256: 7b5c6643e3669f4ec8916be8ed495ad929d871664c388a2cac428d26b03c2733
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+tell+if+a+linear+equation+is+a+function PDF link annotation
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f039e6d8c0d1483c54a9e535769bdc38/bokevixiwojepidaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5731951006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e3b048f1b2---pamapuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuttydog.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67301610051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chowdhurytourism.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/megosorukozusurila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b7b1e9011e---rewovafeborozeviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarlampa.ru/upload_picture/putugukama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fibertechnique.com/tmp/file/24534704781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773376a83fc---69846346623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608827f42b755---xubesusikojituxuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netiko.ge/img/Data/file/71828885251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b9d92932fce89c1436d92d9ed992a1d/42447480336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/69294346145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissworldbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/63394697015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fenicia.uy/fenicia.com.uy/uploads/files/43317618717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f7d558bb1f34773fd88a105af6d0843/37339242131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9d3f495ab---dabosotobasilukud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrando.cz/files/file/35276653474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robbinsfamilyhealthcare.com/clients/2/2c/2c787fa606fc56c3a3a24dfc5409695f/File/99853467080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/48357388142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspit.ro/imagini_ws/tuporolagiruxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2348324705d68e7cd16bf7918df0850/sobunakivujefibelox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoanghaie.com/Images_upload/files/pifemevefukixavidulok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722fc8da609---zunoxikadijajuked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749e8005a61---11424825489.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_off0000e3af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3AF 18200 bytes
SHA-256: f46d3787672e2ba64a9ad7f6b61e033ae1d82c326052930ac8ee8c361e9be2ea
font_01_sfnt_off000112aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112AA 10652 bytes
SHA-256: ac25de0f3bfe0a1b356598e8f1eefaffd9c4a9fc722d71b7c77fdd938532ad3a
font_02_sfnt_off00012b38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B38 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1