Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7cd6bfc93286469b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-09-23 18:50:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 94371cde8798f74f6fade198f76147e3 SHA-1: aa162f4bfe72814a43daaa81279507f03a9f9233 SHA-256: 7cd6bfc93286469bc04284dc88ab158fd7475ae81aad8107b9f844e2148bad40
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, multiple heuristics indicate the presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious files or redirect users to phishing sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://avphunter.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35653269076.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://multimetrics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/senuwezob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148422634e10---pujujiparuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc020.com/userfiles/file/20210921124921_ggk3zy.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayanairag.com/uploads/userfiles/files/21590195364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icloudcleaners.com/uploads/account/autoresponderfiles/17599047493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/70482188038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerrutistudio.eu/userfiles/files/58429359359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danchrisjewelry.com/userfiles/file/22319515949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilafafafa.com/shopadmin/upload/files/50912620844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tienphat.vn/imagesflashupload/file/68272728100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crcnueva.naturasoftware.com/uploads/images/files/82226560913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.la-providence-ehpad.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64180389583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samoinstitute.mn/uploads/assets/file/rebidapejemorade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanthailand.com/image/upload/File/zifivif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuerst-architects.com/uploads/file/jagobeledonuvajos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaia-onlus.org/userfiles/file/nafuvajopubaxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/vuwaremani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktasmatbaacilik.com/resimlerfiles/xerabimunalekumobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purel-biopharm.com/upload/files/65500107739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dprofi.net/images/uploads/file/15029459411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148adf33b82f---45925025488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foxafes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cssh.es/img/file/80070325606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d08175f1fe---63018376900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rowerowaszkola.pl/imgturysta/files/26972947141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=playman+summer+games+apkPDF 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_off0000b611.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB611 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE28 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 227c30af3757c1fa439ee39d32b5d558e8e4bc9a75ab8fc9e988341bbefe7d6e
font_02_sfnt_off0000e658.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE658 19704 bytes
SHA-256: c4b47aa7c642b935962483d65ef60065e1af9a2aed07fcfb41bf9f3389ff9ac8