Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d69186019667c70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-14 02:59:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 307df2cf2f55f17ba8181f688764c5fa SHA-1: a00b73bb24b5d88dbfe7886a2902f8bb858db682 SHA-256: 7d69186019667c7076376f0f2c06c70470ca3f7d50341c245affb786f5532db2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to phish or distribute malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript further suggests malicious intent, likely to execute further stages or exploit vulnerabilities. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly support a malicious verdict.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://juncheng.tw/upload/files/peros.pdf
    • http://na3.it/misc/file/77543598154.pdf
    • http://studiocinti.eu/userfiles/files/10837806129.pdf
    • http://domainecomps.com/documents/files/71354266545.pdf
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d0b60d4d65---xapotiropu.pdf
    • http://pinedafoundation.org/imageuploads/file/merat.pdf
    • http://holdemigny.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9343013139.pdf
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/xalenexokeroxuwavesori.pdf
    • http://rpsbchamber.org/editorData/file/lisizavoxivilojisigel.pdf
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4300066c087d984594e4dd82495e030a/zumukufekogegogo.pdf
    • http://topliving.sk/userfiles/file/godobinumov.pdf
    • http://2safe4u.cz/UserFiles/File/luvutoritisamalidixa.pdf
    • http://vitrine-prof.com/files/sakep.pdf
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fca57d1bde---12286059178.pdf
    • https://bruceautoservice.com/files/file/tabejif.pdf
    • https://cli-kh.com/uploads/files/202109032336103673.pdf
    • http://www.tecnobor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92363060780.pdf
    • http://lexxyin.net/files/fckeditor/file/32962751720.pdf
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/woxuwiwerolu.pdf
    • http://belly.bpv.su/content/files/files/80082145469.pdf
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tirupafigewej.pdf
    • http://vning.net/filespath/files/20210913222849.pdf
    • https://restavracia02.com/userfiles/file/71306404593.pdf
    • http://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86971906885.pdf
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dd1be7feb0---senidekimapa.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=classic+car+parking+game+download
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d591.bin
456ad2df56e15cc0dc368d3212f7652cde87bb031808f4524046229e52984a79
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD591 17376 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000102ca.bin
75840305e5c330dc0a6cff4710e37062fd701bfeb39c8b225ff3bc16d051b428
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102CA 10968 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011c11.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C11 16792 bytes