Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c57c7018641ff22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-10 00:29:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 734240eb961c23c5c6bb1241ffbee568 SHA-1: 4377bef8963d7ec7f0552efe87eebbe089ba1e4c SHA-256: 7c57c7018641ff225f22f95d87233379deac9cf7893c226d399f00eef5642b95
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. These links form a link farm, suggesting the primary goal is to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+go+cracked PDF link annotation
    • http://karpatskiles.ru/store/files/bukuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a79ae3fe06---70302694592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thcsnguyenvanhuyen.hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/romidukesaruve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jump360.co/upload/files/20210908083705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/94727677310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24442385675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c276a82a5---96447386527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09c9f228d0db311a74107a2fdf9f66e0/vekej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/wafowakogejeloxifawejika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/filemojudevojupuwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleangroupbd.com/ck/upload/files/siviweparogaminemivoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328b1ff337c---38318167719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.totalblissbeauty.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lelizuxatojoxaweteluvike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0f8ad05bc---wipeturabufutelabikulewim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a307d6156f---texab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/19197083127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kotypsy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73300715495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schoonhovensvrouwenkoor.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nukobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carmakers.cz/userfiles/files/30469321097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sankaibearing.com/userfiles/files/pepudifagenozokejajigoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalweek.eu/userfiles/files/betikizofiwopeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skonasystems.com/userfiles/file/80719095316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://client.diffuse.info/files/99877207497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000eb06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB06 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010318.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10318 19228 bytes
SHA-256: de28d034f422b07d4206bbd1b3fa3ab2cc695f22da6eb665e4da9cf6cc72125a
font_02_sfnt_off0001352f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1352F 10400 bytes
SHA-256: 5a557af3def2990fd081b0fed888abe7b225862d6d36181e038d805f2518343c