Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c567bd8a738a77e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

182.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 20:46:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 06c5d8c792351c65d37ebbc25b8a01d3 SHA-1: 99f5cb4b672d79b3b1306d6f48ec8d492f2a65a2 SHA-256: 7c567bd8a738a77e865949af61da5eba04d8fee75c1aa9cc52e845a868e0deae
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. This suggests the document is part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely using the embedded JavaScript to facilitate the download or redirection. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://mmszke.hu/files/file/surumuwedowepuv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://noithatnhapkhaugiasi.com/luutru/files/wawerajuwijipos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70dd8a0040e527f16d960b4ecbd2b45c/dolixome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34dac1cd9e389308d15dd205b1f183ee/703869989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myclubowners.com/userfiles/files/90691198739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jullien38.com/ressource/site-image/files/bepuxoraxoxovutid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/vijedifelojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a63b27955f8---torakerinodisujumurira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilenmr.com/files/files/40718727877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88107638565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnogonomerov.ru/uploads/file/99763309565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074975d7fc8f---35462001450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ue05mafbhpu3059ge7svjn4ce/jojajovesejenoxamatif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmen-bekleidung.at/userfiles/file/98461020011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daehwa.info/uploaded/file/17915680134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3aadbacec5---86929052111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/13102086361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scoutpate.com/userfiles/file/45440114330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5d84da417c5b9b6d87e68d6974d4a23/92477925203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaminarayangm.org/userfiles/file/rujowogowafilazusalawida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d63b33dcd29---mamuvew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kg3tjc5s8o8ks19oou7cv4f59o/65393891696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pandoreunion.com/clients/81456/File/77565046723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a40bd55a9ab---sefiruzunalimowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=steely+dan+do+it+again+tab+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_off0002650b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2650B 10736 bytes
SHA-256: fd5da5669d64be1dbc8252600269f79cd13245cd5fdcf78a679099af7ac1770a
font_01_sfnt_off00027d71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x27D71 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00029583.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x29583 20300 bytes
SHA-256: 246b02635f136aaf9b0a60761c0ebe40ba431e8920d889d07ec83dd1ad5ab0bf