Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7df4607da1305e72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 17:13:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 578e0346dbaa4e51e2868acb43b4ba9c SHA-1: dd457285a4ac2b6c0bb4d20ae7bdd5cc4bd9bfb9 SHA-256: 7df4607da1305e720c567312ed8e4a18e16b0e6396edb6b1dff0bce407b8db7d
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, contains embedded JavaScript and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sentences+with+adverbs+worksheets PDF link annotation
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc6f05dbe8---sesiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myparrotfood.com/user_files/files/3038091501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sayurmateng.com/contents//files/3060267164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmsschoolkg.org/userfiles/file/wuwegoguja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1242f10698---lopotovipuxogamada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098cd51c46f5---girafowelanesisoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4e287e800---22370687025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwjefferson.com/uploads/files/nifosinopazujajilexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giriconsultancy.com/content_files/files/33282821019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097e6ed6a30c---78027576236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/sumijelogawowegig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076044608b9f---babezotudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fupekodakeluvajejov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdwatch.net/upload/files/2021090406010873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/7703278106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terfigyelokamera.info/files/file/24614066122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.it/uploads/file/jijux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trunghungplastic.com/luutru/files/77237245830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/si1c7g9bflqmrmsms8ce5h2lrf/2834562323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riggi.ru/userfiles/file/60852060750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tochuchoinghi.org/files/wekimuzinipopefelonagum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flatadministration.com/uploades/fckeditorfile/4169352502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digicpictures.com/downloads/wijijikixinakajib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6a3e75570---pudabusogul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etest.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/nijunadebijosamowovepap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourister.kr/userfiles/file/ralumiwonubelamoloso.pdfIn 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_off0000b69d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB69D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ceb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEB4 10880 bytes
SHA-256: d32b0295d3abed8258c79625fa8739ab60753048952eecdf53c3721d25ad8bf6
font_02_sfnt_off0000e7dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7DD 14276 bytes
SHA-256: d87447a244b8af1b211fb08e9e4a287a5be380b985182ff5336bfd2ba4f5970f