Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7dd146238d0424b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.4 KB Created: 2021-08-04 08:18:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 187a31a550e9b43b2262f66e07eba780 SHA-1: 06fdd037db16b37317a418382226ee722f185c14 SHA-256: 7dd146238d0424b2e893b75b039ce4718a4b21024faace445094309023502782
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://asremajazi.com/uploads/files/46134286607.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zaintik.org/files/galeria/files/minaxexifolapibomati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appletechsolutions.com/userfiles/file/gepufipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condicionamentofisico.com/arquivos/file/xofufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvanbeek.nl/mindcms/js/ckf/userfiles/files/30656949452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shih-tzu.ro/files/file/gojotupobujekulas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/151471786dd3171b33e6618773eaba6e/8413783937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc1eff3ad8---veretezuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finemetal-cn.com/upload/files/32204695333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838cc02a760---wuriruvigagonomikidimivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103c0b7a158f---ganamawapujezer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/5890390661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hzautomatisering.nl/userfiles/file/wexoriwonujutat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f23b46a393---gapabitavenepudigipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100d397f276e---23918172669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082abb3875cc---vukukujaletukiludarix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754d716cddd---71470492686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b7719ad47---6317698431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6cf96f270---fezonumuralavelux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/fezaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///zefepebikila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=audi+s3+8p+repair+manualPDF 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_off000112a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112A5 17988 bytes
SHA-256: 82c2ff7b4fcbb0f57464b1ab6cab6226fc7bf331bacf310b45cba0749b753153
font_01_sfnt_off0001424e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1424E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015a65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A65 10796 bytes
SHA-256: adf210954eed46c28767fd19de97a74a457fd729ce8e95f400fa372852540ec5