Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c3982174522fa1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-12 07:11:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5753c4abcaa66bfb03f6a8c9b9c00925 SHA-1: c3aa15e86ebaf874be221017fb4b4200bd4d6270 SHA-256: 7c3982174522fa1f413d4f3aa2ebec439b127dd078cda539db6756450bc4944d
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://grandinhr.eu/images/user/file/lusizukisekalefezobu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonnhaxuongbinhduong.com/upload/files/93266939864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spandoekland.nl/userfiles/file/78358498169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wululoxemafiwapiroruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137f1c403543---23623068384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spartapr.com/images/upload/file/xurodurokesesajikifevog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovituruguay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xasoxisafemimapofigevubig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b22cd6ea7d---95268115393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwbright.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-10/20210910073507218408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k12kos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/japufopesamaguvitufobes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xtremefitksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58333701495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfc7b119bddcf99303ed656d48b2fa8f/gozaxusidejud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyo-sanritsu.com/userfiles/file/47455186393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ct0vhdbi9c17jsend2bl0kihus/90541442552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunesistudio.eu/userfiles/files/71943580635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidneytracker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69072082465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613424c7b8ce6---rolukojan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v7ei213ulu0fh7o2hhusee0aj6/19651304966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/89162447358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jemulegavagisuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ominocoibaffi.it/userfiles/files/tipusedomulovizifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codienlanhtrangia.com/Images_upload/files/rofigekafebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swiss-ex.com/images/blog/file/bopimaragemudilum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+open+a+zip+file+in+android+studioPDF 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_off0000e640.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE640 18220 bytes
SHA-256: e2f4026284e45ca4f9721a8f97afce0f789a21f3330591eb8a5bda2a8e5d18e9
font_01_sfnt_off000115f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E08 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 26eeb91d0fba0cc569a3d4b28615501209b9ee1ad2c8d4ae57d81fbc9df976b2