Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7dc0ae7b64b57e02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-14 05:09:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1a34f3c22eba5199f6166782884f3275 SHA-1: 2b64c841eddb6a6d46dce56ff270e55d2a3fcdbc SHA-256: 7dc0ae7b64b57e02e80b7c4ed83529bf5763831c01baa1af0addf383ccf3ae89
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to disposable or compromised hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=once+you+have+mono+do+you+always+have+it PDF link annotation
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/kowumuboligizotedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd5cf101aaaa51db4354bcfe9356dc81/penodixosoxiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilliantsolarpaneling.com/userfiles/file/5982621238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/joxeruziliwukaxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2f3abe57c---somigezakisuxesawabow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://101doctor.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/60b01c6dbb08f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/moguviwunuxureduvawavorab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a9307337bb951144bc00e4013c8d837/88783683860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6971552b8b---48690779063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diphong.com/uploads/15909912795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/pivimugodilununonasex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://padgettlawreunion.com/clients/79772/File/pojepenirazinazewivifoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df39931bef---87929977449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hazeloyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/tufibafupubofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a748c803f---36043610473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i6s5f6coofidmino0rgvvjmt3h/jaremabunaxoworotugew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eb4f03790b---32975919124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/39346664386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/67194191322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b62363d36d---xowalajupipuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7d455844e---nujomorag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/piweranavikewatoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medlineplus.gov/lab-tests/mononucleosis-mono-tests/In 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_off0000e806.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE806 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010018.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10018 16620 bytes
SHA-256: a911f7f67f21f9aeca67ffccfd0e839dbf1ae4cb97358e43b1d212a31176fb2c
font_02_sfnt_off00012b65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B65 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 660361852f24f4961892cd435d0800a113adf52c6ffef90a87af2debfc8d0461