Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c3debf7dcdddb17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:36:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5228885b72502fbec97f847b88dfcdc6 SHA-1: 26731d6f415e118b82af805e550870af15b78a62 SHA-256: 7c3debf7dcdddb17e211e7c9da7f3f9b0fa78dff7a2d79e7aaa990e95cb2699e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm on disposable hosting, likely to distribute further malicious content or phish for credentials. The embedded JavaScript, while not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, is a common vector for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 http://synhbio.com/upload/files/balarivimi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kermanrooz.com/img/files/xafobugodapivodawip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-sta.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210701_ACAD63390FF770B5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/vezibojibulos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9102abcc3370f8ca0a98a60bf4b059c3/rokesesuzakejuliwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/996bkn2cpcl5o9qlc0c23m5u72/genevumazil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3053c50d4db28b17c8b761f0adbdb25/jutawilaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/le61q95l8obm8f1mqshvtkgnjj/ratis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolmalatrek.com/userfiles/file/97873530128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.casestilistas.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/birevibulowavomavizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t09joai9rtn4mk3g8i0f6hogu2/63831225551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafesezony.ru/fck_editor_files/files/19631351213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7df988b6eb---64116311190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c553b07ee7---doxirofakunejadig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/xivevibajefokotiziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/vomorotosidapoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp72.com/clients/7/7b/7b902bee17765b19ebdde6030f24742d/File/fikivenano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6195886580312d4ee375be596768bc4/kegupifur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jvabt9bb3f75esgad3g52q1or0/65458878222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anakmeong.com/contents//files/ruvizonoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topinsolventa.ro/userfiles/file/xakugolapemisujuwiluliro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=drones+for+wind+turbine+inspection+pdfPDF 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_off0000e15a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE15A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f971.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF971 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 13aaf3c021ca816ab10236973df41a7ebd748dfe115882b9fcc276539b5f525d
font_02_sfnt_off0001120e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1120E 17676 bytes
SHA-256: b9273831858d9371652e084ab6590eead1433229539bc30b10a55d206f1b87a6