Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e0cbd58bb8da3bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 15:45:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 73e08fce77a0fb830d52ff92283661c0 SHA-1: e40c0fba8d88cb08a61397562a1ec45d06795498 SHA-256: 7e0cbd58bb8da3bb024c0e8cc7849d96264d46d9445d0781f3287eb3fde1aa86
192 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URIs and a link farm structure, with several pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly suggests a malicious intent, likely to lure users into downloading further payloads or visiting phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=quick+shortcut+maker+google+account+manager+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://ratsimae.ee/media/contents/file/ralunab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///93769013810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7m-shop.com/userfiles/file/12545795269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://museodegliarazzimarsala.com/userfiles/files/maponolukogeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161329729f0724---nunaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbnjl.com/userfiles/files/90020526232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predia.cz/userfiles/file/56788316875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.americaninvest.net/upls/files/xuxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movietek.vn/hinh-anh/files/rixade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalitelivideoizle.com/resimler/files/xiguvukuwamuvotexiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liho.cz/UserFiles/File/dekawogevuvakime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arucax.am/user_images/file/woruxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adesso-moosburg.de/images/file/kugavikikavukodup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kompassztuki.pl/Image/files/dajuturoriguwotetewipame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133e3890700e---bazivobum.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b5b7c67342b0e3d9364583d6f85c057/wagosex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tropo-design.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duwajoxivisoramalonutomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wo-kop.pl/userfiles/file/81587740304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b6f44a3ed0---wolowobufonabegofovowet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b71eeb854---wogivukemuxijel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ih-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23717029398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trungtamgiasuhcmmq.com/uplaod/quangtri/files/90122876777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dagmarsvendova.cz/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19293272896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/miboxewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portalkucharski.pl/app/webroot/media/files/10016478891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stock2morrow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/546207649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jgbt.us/pds/userfiles/files/29679432574.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_off0000d23e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD23E 17880 bytes
SHA-256: da2e185d3f57bd43f9a0c70f4b445481a1b76d47db6f12ad3a07560e87c2258d
font_01_sfnt_off0001009a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1009A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000118b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118B1 11072 bytes
SHA-256: c5a2dc317891a4d22deb549c24a9e7c7ab08099d171a45656adff8b2e91ce952