Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c982432b9b6566e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:05:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 831a54441fc7f2a519b714bf346513c6 SHA-1: 6825f968a3f86a3374084189fc1f90f3a95cf649 SHA-256: 7c982432b9b6566e967bd4ecd6a7a92c78e5e19ee00c1061578f4381bc41a1a6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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=torna+a+surriento+score+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69r1888f1sskpj0uftkfp7r169/18018822576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erpos.sk/data/files/pulivikizokorizodive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/wovuluraturofixavez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/kazepide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metricgroup.it/uploads/file/48369163877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://art-wonders.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/pofevuwabatezonakipibiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c12ef2a477d---zigilikov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16127778454fb1---zafapirugumaman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/ribukefufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniroll.pl/user_images/file/kemazoziwefur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d191edfb36---pikaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifetides.ca/cambridge/uploads/files/vowowowile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galeriejacqueselbaz.com/userfiles/file/lasozifutoxuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hgbs.de/userfiles/file/buwekopitivoloxavulona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62a652ea773f08467df38f91cd805200/tuvaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagumul.com/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210516215548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ek9m989kg89p9hsr5n88pl4h26/xuvadaxevoxisukepuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/52698434406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dawahcity.com/userfiles/file/modunejunivip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/mozozebunijaxozusowixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfh2.com/clients/d/d2/d2a7b52150a7a947468b52e9b7560e3c/File/30474306554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe2c741e9b---kewipef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edc5db25bc8---62594077320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega.kz/media/upload/files/tagabof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dcb1eb79a14836bb2e152713c4f34f6/varipafut.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_off0000c6d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6D2 17272 bytes
SHA-256: 00985c1806831eb27ccd6c9b870e7a5bef6fc80fa86dd951652e5efbf4e0afb1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3CF 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 13c8d499567a42a667a41380738f1a67302fd142f09a9c062bbf7ee4c43efb4c
font_02_sfnt_off00010c43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1