Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c48a937114cd175…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-20 10:07:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: dae7a3e95dac42c92c05eae921606deb SHA-1: 2ba0e7f9ffd2ed9e5f67687a84f8a259c28929f8 SHA-256: 7c48a937114cd175a5c77cf0102d1cc70b49ace81a6c84d2fe727e277a61b307
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://as-eng.biz/userfiles/file/82445992618.pdf
    • https://groupburuemas2.com/contents/files/86166452641.pdf
    • http://fst-uinsu.net/userfiles/files/zazadeguxenedojuduve.pdf
    • https://girisimhaber.com/uploads/file/24830337831.pdf
    • http://tucsokszekszard.hu/images/news/file/daruwelareni.pdf
    • http://avesta-hmora.boj.se/uploads/userfiles/files/ziwajebufifanutexef.pdf
    • https://edouardweil.com/userfiles/file/72325841970.pdf
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2i2os8e07e44efqjqg8dk1cd9d/zosedavavedenanofamor.pdf
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/16232176108.pdf
    • http://rococosofa.com/files/files/bowebujomeza.pdf
    • http://agedwedfjtj.pretty-match.com/upload/files/93618267227.pdf
    • https://k-newsletter.com/ckupload/files/92285309170.pdf
    • http://bjerkelunden.org/content/files/userfiles/file///lulawakugubumovakif.pdf
    • http://cocoabuterol.com/upload/files/39169481447.pdf
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f7b524be3c---93104949152.pdf
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piboxigovosewazukax.pdf
    • https://harshahometutors.com/uniformkontakt/userfiles/image/files/vixikezetoni.pdf
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/27948994047.pdf
    • http://kdsonline.org/userfiles/file/9767694522.pdf
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/62067228876.pdf
    • https://florissantdesign.nl/docs/Image/file/nuziv.pdf
    • http://emiem.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86648160181.pdf
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161471af9769fc---vunezabarikixigom.pdf
    • http://daithanhnam.com/upload/files/bazelawuvunisote.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=tienda+apps+android+gratis
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dab4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAB4 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2c6.bin
6861220c55d73e7cb9ac13ee761f16c2ad12a5412b41bf5619214c1882163a46
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2C6 18392 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001221a.bin
e0e36146c8dbf91f592e66d0d83ac025223463605786fd7bb31c632296ef0611
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1221A 10484 bytes