Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7cb778083cafe28a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-08-08 09:11:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 808080d32457f93a136f4d55b72475c1 SHA-1: 2100cf29cd7c1ef14ed8140c6f5042b9a49414c4 SHA-256: 7cb778083cafe28a033e2d14597a1b489917b6d2010039c03e9a79a894e5d282
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 disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 http://bainihu.com/upfiles/editor/files/zeralekivew.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://people11people.com/uploads/File/refora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/vazupunikus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f6aaab990---52199588454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607638dda9c71---devaxeterukowonoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/nunuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuexe7cho.vn/upload/files/39756645931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eb0457ec3af00f23861b1d673689787/2075779028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d19e4b4a61---doloforeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hutergroup.de/userfiles/file/22223126848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/lojoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luzopifuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraigarlandshop.com/userfiles/file/siwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wearefamily1234.com/clients/3/31/31b46d3307e4516335aa88350909469c/File/36411864782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e45f793ec1e8f2f2b48ef41836ceb17/14388193458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909c944d7c7---zinizefipej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba9b9fdeb1c81945a8551f2e591bc15e/19491291092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609edd860b0d8---lolilapiwasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kowel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1622240837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikanderajam.com/Robinson/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59035197617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/28195265656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/nuzovafoxubosebekovak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewald.ru/content/Files/vifavovisivabefipidejoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f02f9f6b8---45888326824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=diccionario+franc%C3%A9s+espa%C3%B1ol+larousse+pdf+gratisPDF 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_off0000d03e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD03E 19404 bytes
SHA-256: f751ddbed61680cc86f4d10dee37bc8212da2790b6724f4999151fd303975d31
font_01_sfnt_off00010126.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10126 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001193d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1193D 11256 bytes
SHA-256: 601eb847854b5ddb0b665efe81cb3d2fc6abd16ef644a863e351f29e85baef34