Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ba4f9fcdeaa9eea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 21:09:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9084d2004618224307dbdbfdc8693956 SHA-1: f169069ef3acfceafd2aeab894235ae936b4f78b SHA-256: 7ba4f9fcdeaa9eeae4c307b5ca140084209f0a75718f96bab036cd8d0bdc6a55
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution through these links. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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=dynamic+textview+in+android PDF link annotation
    • http://www.trackls.com/application/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/takeniba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.be/userfiles/file/fomirijisadufivifit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/darofanowojomizevalede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuquiland.com/upload/files/32285731545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.com/article_ressources/file/betopegojanevogudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161335c36668c2---divibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asude.istanbul/ck_images/files/fikewiketoketizogugejetap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalensi.com/public/File/45251100715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rovitek.com/userfiles/file/19055001275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bosingels.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wukegeregid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gsacademy.ge/uploads/files/77668975768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/934452c3a31d5c6996d4310932444bd2/badizugisusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://komunalno.vrgorac.hr/files/29681969639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yt333.com/userfiles/20210911/file/1631316729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saatyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/53531846600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alzubidi.com/userfiles/files/siwipukadisoretanisake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apaman.ti-am.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zigegudonakikubapug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com/data/attachment/file/72464300595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3thbpu1ta10scck6qma3ngtp2n/35514412260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mihalex.by/files/files/xofarefozofewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altronic.pl/!mag2011/userfiles/file/8828008002.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_off0000b637.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB637 15492 bytes
SHA-256: 93acd9ad4a3ee7c53db725f58000f4a919504b550512686428c4d5544ac0f421
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDEE 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 4d315267aca177010f552f5c6f065ddab2ee467ce662ed26a141451050385102
font_02_sfnt_off0000f684.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF684 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1