Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c2c82a2fa29df03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-08-04 01:33:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 91ab85dcbd0c8030fd106764c8bdd2b6 SHA-1: 5af62126a3b2b43daa0ffd1ef31d6cebf72f5d13 SHA-256: 7c2c82a2fa29df038e90de534763faaecbbcd078ad9ea3d50c14f3cee8ae8f66
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and external URI links. Several URLs point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://asiquim.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31143810551.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://findplusltd.com/file/nutuvunivegenojeludibuvop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5o4qvf8fgvidhr695m5a0odkr3/rolaseponidakupetama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grifin.sk/files/wulijajobibodetitalojoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizit-k.net/uploads/editor/files/bexesuwibetutiletazonuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fj818h4ge16gp66kbj2mjabgf4/76617811733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/as1uuvfpivp2ki6o84i3n4ql49/padijidukunadibup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakakinpump.kr/fckeditor/upload/file/tebofonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyearland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53772415681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ebfde89647---fesifefiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baaf066d314---babuzovel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e786de7f1---8226609129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canphantich.net/Images_upload/files/41576725006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db53df520f4---wovokekemaxomama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danfilenemd.com/clients/67744/File/pejabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/47326082977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://md-servicios.com/userfiles/file/72555177170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80285680284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khabul.mn/mmpa/userfiles/files/65885003397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fpr30dttm2m7f3bcvmqelia2l5/murububesigadalat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/82154092573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthibongda.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xowubisaxazogifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C+wi-fi+sidejacking+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%B4PDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000f27f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF27F 23100 bytes
SHA-256: 9610af92dc422c94ea1df96969f0e848f9173e51ceb1f670b5bf39b5cdceb02d
font_01_sfnt_off00012b89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000143a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143A0 11732 bytes
SHA-256: f07b3748695d2b11addd8ddd40d86db11287598867ef727d40ca6ce13ffe65bb