Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7cd1e1c5633fc9e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 12:03:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6ef700439b8366c164175613c3f01898 SHA-1: 7f024a9ca6e2d674c8ab0d09f1f47427c19a009c SHA-256: 7cd1e1c5633fc9e0bcb339cc0924e55560f358cc65f4508a5206f365abc51f83
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or perform malicious actions within the document context.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=call+of+duty+mod+menu+ios PDF link annotation
    • http://tokyosushilohaus.com/uploads/files/66210726580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knowleangling.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82464234283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drishtinetcom.in/FCKeditor/file/lukuzusitadupukov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquaclub.hu/userfiles/file/gupove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffbee85d80c01cd5a1ddf8b0445f03e6/valulezulelijuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpind.pl/userfiles/file/95481031663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yensaovinastar.com/media/files/88089842542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p83jotndgv559ss11vr9267aga/folozivojegedaridakoxozog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d97517fb4ad771ac6d9db2dabc89265b/61161369094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proetcontra.hu/userfiles/file/sinaderafadesuwenanuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161344c559c2ca---51997446725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161417153bb77d---jusesusibovobanilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemochem.cn/upload/files/nixuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.educazionesessuale-scuola.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76745736924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artdealer.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/e95be304ba611122af5ed00feb9049e6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocep.org/data/userfiles/files/mitoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindseyderence.com/userfiles/files/20937665179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pvvc.cz/files/lifebenewoxatexedageg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnsunnyfood.com/d/files/46834879975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/geratokasuvowolak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geya99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/razuvituxixazudosototuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138d77050c5c---sazuzijulofufofi.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_off0000d763.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD763 16452 bytes
SHA-256: 6bed2d34f1fcb9c6ea71f02a8f45020c02ee90aff81883cb19144969dc7aa2a4
font_01_sfnt_off00010207.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10207 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A1E 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 797c1b83068d077720fa84c2b7676e2c3af9d67e8b46518d936ddbad1837e459

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