Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ce9420fa8ef5c94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 04:53:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a5114a7adca553a2a1d0c437e889de96 SHA-1: c7c2a8b6fb5660561a0ee7740495880473c26299 SHA-256: 7ce9420fa8ef5c9428b0eb72cc9429e0e68c50505acf5c34995efefd0fef502f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://seibyou-koujien.com/files/files/zevop.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gadesign52.com/uploads/files/202109081555368371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161419b662704e---ladazifijezobubelujoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidsjeodo.com/images/files/pedezisajuwoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forma8.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juwuximevebajexejuwog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greentreeprep.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dovofojomumotanulanagapiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanjali.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pepedatesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nickels.design/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71709767382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/leziwewebedawowanak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovospm.cz/fotky/file/naxovikut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panegovernance.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/file/40363553519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb2e825005---92189906960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobermanncz.eu/files/zijebezizedoponafiramol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25834875957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatdwellswithin.com/file/zegakorejaxugupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nenkin-t.com/upload_img/ck/files/92595455286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flomogroup.com/upload/files/kabupijomoguxuzawifem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonderpanel.com/app/webroot/img/file/xaromamop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/nojokawegefomejesirirab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrasvilla.es/uploads/files/xofirarular.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-restaurant-plainfaing.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46429722319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17ae3a6e0c64773eef598dfc8fc2e64d/lijemobonapupawapekiwas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reflita.lt/uploads/files/ranofizelapawamumakonez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/silolugelumena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mmgrowersg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/masunewalezedigaralebibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=cool+words+that+start+with+atPDF 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_off0000b9ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d203.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD203 10224 bytes
SHA-256: 5d712779da66c37a4f2f9e670fd66b3bdf59c5b581d5a4b8406b877e0c643cdc
font_02_sfnt_off0000e924.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE924 16100 bytes
SHA-256: 19c386a16025a2e31ed9359d07f204afa4cf489531c02829219ea83f9a6f8164