Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7dfd65d6e47b0dd9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-30 12:07:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: b09975c5c1d9087336d8e555a090415e SHA-1: ff97862eb0d23e9327e458077f11346a0ad77e3e SHA-256: 7dfd65d6e47b0dd9fe015e75ff48a6264a85ca2131bc805e8327491a814c0939
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate these redirects or further obfuscate the malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=spanish+words+beginning+with+h PDF link annotation
    • http://bridgestone-ice-cruiser-7000.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woliwipit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipsclubcr.com/campannas/file/fuxewakutilaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f84d7ac0de---3135442688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33lrqg4va2jhnrkmo1beg70g6v/57304908806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efckrakow.pl/userfiles/file/97407815123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://softwebstar.com/shop/userfiles/file/87006043290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kccegis.com/upfiles/content/file/20210905050151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamtamphat.com/upload/files/jikibakidaxazadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rodnolespropertymanagement.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/dedunaroregu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavyansk.biz/userfiles/file/17022315280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://media-get.ru/userfiles/files/jatut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161526519cbfc5---zafasepogutunixeroni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.albriug.com/static/editor/ckeditor/ckfinder/upfile/files/11025697023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161528cabf2da2---5210507668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.miotsukushi.or.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9469013751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/63301727611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/kofixoforaxudiruja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/fizonegolidafoteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taflanelektronik.com/img/userfiles/file/galosapimubijaziterusok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okud-istra.hr/userfiles/file/48582719423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/4009830729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51087089591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautydiction.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21202325775.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_off0000b391.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB391 16944 bytes
SHA-256: 2321f6fe15e27d67726ed7d60b6930414e1cd1db01a4d2c6a22cdcf877b1b765
font_01_sfnt_off0000deef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEEF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f706.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF706 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 38544aab563de65b8adae188092dcf11474d84cf3def38b8749093f0f46e185a