Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d6338dc5448d624…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-10-03 12:54:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 017cfa00f39a690a55a9c53ca2d2eba0 SHA-1: fe6d831c2f58705104a32e1d0fa9350f32187431 SHA-256: 7d6338dc5448d62419c384006d59fc27c7ddfdf5bd9a964c63e250252e6c9c76
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of an embedded JavaScript stream further supports the malicious intent, likely used to facilitate the redirection or download of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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 http://denetimmusavirlik.com/userfiles/file/sinixuvaril.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/20566489024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/73755853689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4pehm5m0gefq2mso9gerfv2s9c/bugase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2202cb7b8060ac9afac84db769e44608/tanapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magiccat.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bufuvinininenifuvipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furnitura-syndicat.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/76852061318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ultraljud.nu/bild/files/60632500845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humansharehouse.com/userData/board/file/jojudijalij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/67247698704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smsenerji.com/resimler/files/lubevutomoduzefaxalunup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basketaci.cz/UserFiles/File/gazikajababenajugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fd5efba82925db14833ca9a97f5a58b/vebitulimelazawuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nebud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613817b3261b7---vizasidejufopupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batdongsandothanh.vn/luutru/files/goxojawefifisaganeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysilo.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jugitipalozadizasud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolekkoyum.com/admin/UserFiles/file/17088028982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aiddhbkcq5bcaz.xn--p1ai/upload/files/98576475157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613394ca55cb5---bazup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7d85d6692023d9929f313592449334e/luwodazumovigufem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7fd14c303c6d9a584471e1dd62749ee/57026117017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rapn.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52660910855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acmfashion.vn/uploads/files/pokud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associatedreclaimed.reclaimedoils.com/userfiles/files/76362401463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmen-bekleidung.at/userfiles/file/34083780249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renesens21.com/ressources/upload/files/87239598739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+verb+of+strongPDF 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_off0000b72c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB72C 15672 bytes
SHA-256: 21754ffa09a8aa8199d3414d8a48bfd5194b6244fdfd6cf9a8802dd7cdde8582
font_01_sfnt_off0000df29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF29 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 7327e9b49964edc553b5b2b08fbc2b1bfe457cd54f99860abce40bc498d890e4
font_02_sfnt_off0000f791.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF791 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1