Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c9fa33240bb95eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 21:27:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 93acf15618287f6d177dd2e8d81481a2 SHA-1: 505067bc967d5e1cfbf53586b140d96bef486b5f SHA-256: 7c9fa33240bb95eb4150df89e9c2098a8dc2c11656ddd35532497c9c01e5d13a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. Multiple heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to disguise malicious links. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a phishing or malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=compare+contrast+essay+sample+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607794ae52826---sisubixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad201eba4a3bf15a98a1b3e279d95191/28126280204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://go2germany.ru/files/file/25638434485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7f763996b00ef0125f4d5c30194969f/fipodowuzekodasopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612abd39b3785---92052757256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73404961953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785dcdafc6a---bepotexizenuvexuvij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83f4a0be41022f05b18d0990dd7b1eb7/wogunuwizenivegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vralumni.com/clients/7/71/71e0d721b250bdad3664bf54e70089ab/File/tumup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100d845006cc---7194077733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28984415147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fructusartis.com/i/File/zegolelezogijerelada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abccdeffadd1f0e417430b570ba15b1a/rorawewenivebanebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9b8f3ee255---fegemiravakul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://steklo-shik.ru/userfiles/file/97348381307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcihlar.cz/userfiles/file/95286032943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samsungklimamodelleri.com/upload/ckfinder/files/najupafovobofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamurgoreng.net/contents//files/49817015643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16128f5a5537a5---84141310103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161250889edb89---tisibunawifovirukeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e92ba0e559---tinolegubokumow.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_off00011877.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11877 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 80ed90fca2a909fd7084e627b84d6f09716334aff1f448f663a9465713368f5a
font_01_sfnt_off00013184.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13184 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014996.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14996 18048 bytes
SHA-256: 279941910d64f0d668ab645a438e76c60b04c93ca891a777fc4153b2394361c1