Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b844252aaab12e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-07-30 15:51:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 79df38ff167f4df765d070e8d0f9b910 SHA-1: b56888a145ad13c5ed6fa528122c90d4e29b5191 SHA-256: 7b844252aaab12e9e5fb94cafd32331ad5f7f295fc8bd4522038ee97a79dfba7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm and a compromised CMS upload, reinforcing the malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious verdict.

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=interstellar+%282014%29+movie+worksheet+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gadudidafum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patoman.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mamitejegenixupuwiwokunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaraeksioglu.com/resimler/files/2748638454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d3f2662281---35212810114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0a4f67af9f---fanewupilorijevediroteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d0965d48e---75792924773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longvu.vn/Images_upload/files/ximalofuwomamovatozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herculesestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/suzuzojegegufox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/889591668ce78413deb7c2710b062cd7/78641192058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airholic.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/65973553967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bf2d25bb90ac23e8eddf6276fe462b6/wevopupovepititewus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikkedua.com/contents//files/41135307327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7853639f374afc1a41926bf2618e679/45749748859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ca9609c5a---81741082812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.com/imgdish/files/bufozaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609467d0b19b0---87156235933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://queensflower.nl/clientfiles/zirogaxuxivuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ookml6jm8oilh69c2s0c7gaek/fiveli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-2000.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kebuxaxisoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a405b8ce5---96869460111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamgi.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6864353000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/30345081168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/sunibajedazigegol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb58fe7c610---49773815176.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_off0000d725.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD725 17372 bytes
SHA-256: 0e5c2617f0590ebdcfdc5cf5740b92b73ffb60f6a668001ced702c2a12d90969
font_01_sfnt_off00010432.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10432 11096 bytes
SHA-256: bec6f0e99e875caa655d7111b6d26de8e995d83643edd615bce7bc2aa667b259
font_02_sfnt_off00011e2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E2F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1