Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7df8382dea7b0b5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-12 09:55:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 50b7096f7ae3612fbac006f7e6b76424 SHA-1: fdb340b00a2635378b71271c5676a909c62db0e5 SHA-256: 7df8382dea7b0b5c85059182c4d6affb89ab14b07e1d12c1a3c3b56e5bbd600b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is a phishing or malware delivery vehicle. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 https://998.geektic.com/geektic/files/7173812201.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jevades.com/aircraft/fckimages/file/73540048129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lidakofijaxisutofor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce4814dd49---80886216806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idroilektriki.gr/files/file/gitalibuzuvejagexodisox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161342bb7158b6---losibegowanedakix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orvositudasbazis.eu/images/upload/file/3464688695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grup-insaat.com/userfiles/file/ketisir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriazabalburu.org/azaba/files/file/90244072620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161368472c5a14---37771815815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320f9010368---bolinir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thayloilocnuoctaihanoi.net/upload/files/44540309825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noahmission.org/dataroom/file/nixemekekaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturenhuman.com/app/webroot/userfiles/file/xilataxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whipitleather.com/userfiles/file/34314372498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18807685735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doluhosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/93629934894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukupahit.com/contents/files/jakefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yokosohk.com/files/fckfiles/file/gavularinuxava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kowalstwwo.pl/public/cms/images/file/49398072267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatnguyen.vn/media/ftp/file/gavejedoveposelafafage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nmcs.ca/userfiles/files/28733982566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silesiacapital.eu/data/file/nafigopupinasujurome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toscanafantastica.com/userfiles/file/munizafipovisinupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emotionalgift.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97831386846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f90e9c72b9e47d3588113f9f86e0f88/dijidus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+screenshot+in+moto+phonePDF 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_off0000d634.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD634 17936 bytes
SHA-256: 3108dcd26e2b5e0f3d5332d4f414e3a0ecc5d43b635d17c3a2696f440aef52c2
font_01_sfnt_off0001047a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1047A 10508 bytes
SHA-256: caa5dd79b12fcbc5f28be615ae5c7c7917c3d18e4d86c00348e41c9c05e8685a
font_02_sfnt_off00011c3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C3A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1