Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e107d6ced7c258b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 11:16:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 191ce2bb9a22eee5263066fa2e103afb SHA-1: 5d79f665201d99172cc08f22dc365fc10bc330e1 SHA-256: 7e107d6ced7c258b3437ca5908ad96b80f332b53cc3e30f627d14d018ed10fe7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads or redirecting users to phishing sites. The PDF also contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://vds-construct.pl/userfiles/file/88429698792.pdf
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/zadezileke.pdf
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0ac3418329df75b79f537fd223a7fe2/82757427427.pdf
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4da5798341b526af5ae494880ecf869/31371798219.pdf
    • http://cardealer-space.com/js/upload/files/58591366883.pdf
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab384f2a6da---69163832126.pdf
    • http://hungthanhauto.com/luutru/files/94954997630.pdf
    • http://viewcs.com/partner/upload/dextfile/busizawosi.pdf
    • http://brandiassociati.it/userfiles/file/91299225413.pdf
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22973cc9e998133873eaa8233ba43ce1/gusuzu.pdf
    • http://uelzecht.lu/userfiles/files/ludefikik.pdf
    • http://voszveszprem.hu/_user/file/xanawe.pdf
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc3ba7b8fc---98047281585.pdf
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af1up0na8t1lbhig1ls8g2cfq1/37643449691.pdf
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/kotenipiwupezi.pdf
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1pgdf7k4sdu07qbrr52u9nvmf/giveg.pdf
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2ejanetaapdkefh7mn0v91opj/kagugadesakeli.pdf
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac16f0369c7d5c094f2b3ff33b013f2b/75168901772.pdf
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13f1112871---werekibazejuwupo.pdf
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2jqphert3orh8gp5i8740j7vdd/nolodugupajaropigeded.pdf
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abae1ff4136---14310067977.pdf
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaaeaa4904c---wezitax.pdf
    • https://callalilyvn.com/upload/files/vakezugovejej.pdf
    • http://ipublicity.cz/data/file/sifuxevoxosanikin.pdf
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe9bb25564---46575689745.pdf
    • http://garderoba.sk/images/_file/22648551935.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=synopsis+in+english
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f566.bin
cb8740919205a6ec415231570d808360eadadf6a0b4b2a7d7d91f58f48e335c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF566 10360 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010cb1.bin
3a3aa0f257f71d87fe13b680d2f250a3d2525258461c8ebd4f6fd00b69626147
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CB1 17040 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000138f7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138F7 16792 bytes