Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d9c4435f2399276…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 01:21:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 10b98e38251729f475673486a4950806 SHA-1: b01381be9ae848f2f19bbe7f9742b98f28b4cc70 SHA-256: 7d9c4435f239927670f59a74d33e9f83caba1ef381bd557a2c190a8c6701c104
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. An embedded JavaScript stream was also detected, suggesting the potential for further malicious actions such as redirection or payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/38051748733.pdf
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/68520651358.pdf
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f044fe84d2f77781b935a341236a74e2/bolekajofamunalefugiz.pdf
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gst0qhhhkhpluvqlslcq418jp9/tigalovupufeken.pdf
    • http://kamnitikamini.si/upload/files/jeposokizezaradezopem.pdf
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad69dc78979---6626590656.pdf
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7c20796d5f---62806340457.pdf
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809abde2c01---62068932905.pdf
    • https://verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fozawemijo.pdf
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c863cd91314---mukiwulef.pdf
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e849c8b60c45e6dcd3fa7cd45519ea6/kimefisalaf.pdf
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608462ccd2623---98021294326.pdf
    • http://www.europesolidaire.eu/userfiles/files/mejibiliji.pdf
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2ed06c6ada7eb02290c8fd441eb9ee9/wesipunepagirepotim.pdf
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a35l9k1fn3eahn1gsqj1fdv445/pimifagobevobamu.pdf
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/90767556331.pdf
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a38e7e10458---44644870956.pdf
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fac0db29136f86bba9f55fc07ab2f6d1/50018061644.pdf
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3df6d3a28ffe4356d1a441e7d4399a95/47210798387.pdf
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/12090417306.pdf
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17dec578061b6309cc1d2023be3697a1/55517693685.pdf
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31838262892.pdf
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d47269dbc85---87634824640.pdf
    • http://cesishotel.com/res/wysiwyg/file/jerinusamov.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=outgoing+call+meaning
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_005_off000137b8.bin
6a8cd817132ced4d21990b490555faf7d1d8b4049f17cdaa4c3a7a362dcd3daa
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x137B8 23228 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off0000db2a.bin
64010f29f32cd5b14d26902d00b6c063a7d7c3bf0e26a2a636c99392366b1b61
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB2A 17472 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000107fd.bin
7f40155bb61eadc7670bb36ad255128b2544a2b8b9e47e3fa9995501e3299ce0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107FD 10432 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011fa7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FA7 16792 bytes