Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d5af20304be781c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-09-12 09:23:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a5d35cfeb0d5c77a9d3c8a0825f2b742 SHA-1: 411d44c1c7b6fd7d3878819e656dfe8bf0809695 SHA-256: 7d5af20304be781c2e8f0aa74fdad04b5976e2a93d6d0d4c7bc91b7ac981e1d9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, suggests the potential for further malicious actions like exploiting vulnerabilities or downloading additional payloads. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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=trivia+phone+games PDF link annotation
    • http://tufaghanafc.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lelerafij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miyagi.chi-kara.net/Upload/files/60753854650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kompassztuki.pl/Image/files/kamoreforiwisuramafukiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldcoil.com/uploadfiles/files/disemidujovalixarinugev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613410f88e5f6---dorunemixisoxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alves.bg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/barazisesikevagodup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markiza-trade.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lafagozux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evolution-dev.com/file_media/file_image/file/33743339181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plise.org/userfiles/file/lexoterulakamamotezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areawifi.com/DESARROLLO/userfiles/files/wuxusutojijuvateso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifecareproduct.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33430375788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rydelko.eu/userfiles/file/vunegonafawutikogir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitolmetrophysicaltherapy.com/userfiles/file/45713573708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seritour.com/rsm/files/kugibinopol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73a097c9199976e34b4c606983b8d2ee/19693200921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amthanhanhsangchinhhang.vn/upload/files/90192702641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vasantviharproperties.com/userfiles/file/lusal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingore.cn/upload/files/vilewonumenidefiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/sitijonetop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rowadhr.com/app/webroot/upload/files/15955993105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idcla.net/upload/files/xapuzozuzusen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/ravifetunurivijagalefuxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orlickachata.cz/files/files/witimilafititulenotiwibin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lse.hu/userfiles/file/35785837444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jualumnitoronto.com/editor/uploadfiles/21740173385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8376b525d8bc40ca5d03e0cd7b3cac8d/5227619690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protrialse.eu/files/files/sajuwagorabukoj.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_off0000f50f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF50F 18552 bytes
SHA-256: e27f96cb3899c763fddb128cf084202349331b9c34b41f1388290090b6550a10
font_01_sfnt_off00012505.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12505 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013d1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D1C 10584 bytes
SHA-256: f6158bd5d01c6420d47f7eed65b6aa160851bba940c3d586015eb552ae8ce22e

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