Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d5a1dd8754c429e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 20:23:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d73019174c47dda34c346250fac1354a SHA-1: aee5a625f0a4b2b665034b53139ffd4abc406993 SHA-256: 7d5a1dd8754c429e1038a2a2c598a1aae4e1284e57a50f7b9fbfc8f576c697e4
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 WordPress sites or appear to be part of a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are commonly used for phishing or to serve further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=new+language+leader+upper+intermediate+student+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134b6d507593---23014166050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theonejsc.com/userfiles/file/95623286589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents/files/14971981787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theponghop.com/upload/files/2967925708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/626os6j939ecko8842acvf6n8d/68797164340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aggmy8c6c.net/UserFiles/File/zuvukezaligegifibazuzowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caythuocdangian.net/images/files/5169686436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geombiagioschettino.eu/userfiles/files/59310517860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7581747580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/keqptfk919hie3jhg1a2dcogcj/lizotat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourhandmadeitems.com/userfiles/file/zedidixis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somersetcountybar.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/18262621245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-tms.com/uploadpic/xw/files/rejamavedekuvajotaxirusen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marsanz.pl/uploads/fck/file/93754800230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///pigivojatasovoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pifukegalewanale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bustotoronto.com/userfiles/file/50361459628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feniks9.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zezebumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/tesovujuwidopif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrapanel-alegjobbfutes.hu/userfiles/file/16992920567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613880bc756a2---xoxetapizot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poetische-malerei.de/web/editor/files/41067547927.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_off0000c57a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC57A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD91 11236 bytes
SHA-256: b3014d7990e504a4db05c02523758fb02d1a1555d90e7eb34ebdc08ccb4a544b
font_02_sfnt_off0000f77d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF77D 18048 bytes
SHA-256: f3a20b644f5d2ab9832a12464b6498d49757a589920fa6e35beec149cacc3272