Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c61d8135d50bc33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 23:08:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 251cefffb5c32307a773e576442af6ab SHA-1: 2427c3c57af854cc0c6ccb508824397bf0b54248 SHA-256: 7c61d8135d50bc33da9738320bffb7f37f32b2cc478c895bede7ec7930110dbd
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to redirect the user to these malicious URLs, potentially for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://chp-travel.ir/data/file/78090837614.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53gcgu12bh0u08rfof8d2gaaj2/92323618365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b42307b064c---moloteragamisodoxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fizjolech.pl/userfiles/file/29627667680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fdf36d023b---titakev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkojicin.cz/userfiles/file/piwuwazoxobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iasvn.org/Images_upload/files/56209208399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslplastic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86802897690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a4d10ca8748f2ab99bc7a29c67477d3/26284349556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5865e793eabdc93be5f1503d11613eda/30209784797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snqrsl.quebec/upload/editor/file/57310399329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b6136be5a---biximafejulezavopivosuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/558e1ca8a843c3667949841725e978ff/xovoravopebuwiweditaxagaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/suxodezuxasitebakif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiaranannini.com/userfiles/files/15459397115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/torud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machinegroup.ru/img/outer/files/26230165119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfdjet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c271c5ba264f5acf1111028d9f8b93b/76292469619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee4fcf826a2---27148422216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612bda374042b---65445777384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anaksemut.com/contents//files/fogowumutamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4darchitecture.org/img/all/rupepemom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turismo-galicia.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xewutupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5984c972c9---98093100834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standardamulet.com/files/files/vutukero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jilienjrubin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/11151196092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=satisfaction+definition+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_off0000c470.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC470 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC82 15376 bytes
SHA-256: 06921d25f39aa7d798b34c7743569e69a7997f5afe6b274c7008bae61fb3bb81
font_02_sfnt_off0001035c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1035C 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 80cd85f08f785f1742c6b59b33a9f922141ae1f3e87cdfbfeb25dc53346af630