Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e1f3cd258bf552d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-13 18:54:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2cb849fd049716f299a4a5c7ddd3608a SHA-1: af9db58721e37e68a0063991377f3b41eab160af SHA-256: 7e1f3cd258bf552dbd573d36cfcb438535edc5f2adcdd10980bd251fa93bdefc
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' further suggests the document's content is designed to deceive users into interacting with these malicious links. ClamAV detection confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=used+gtr+for+sale PDF link annotation
    • https://big-affaires.com/img/pics/files/libuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/830d8fcd054746c3709a2b58fbad1639/17434568195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130db585a1e3---kaweloxewukupapugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christ-china.com/filespath/files/20210909081618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nollve.com/img/editor/image/file/miwezifaxegisolaxamubidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heatexchangersolution.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-4/20210904001657562242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34578806202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.luxboss.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93242665886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edubox.mn/uploads/users/0/files/wovenesosezefow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://systemsbiology.at/uploads/assets/file/wekukejuzivifukut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/xojomuxoligetixefakonofed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atiksigorta.com/files/moregevisawus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nabil-doukali.com/userfiles/file/71410544843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dayuntang.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210908033050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2b83c02a4894418dce7370b62d7034d/10528684461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://105chers.netsociality.com/upload/files/tidutukidemetexamoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/go3k2ho59v706j9i3pi1rhsct5/20800101435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantanalmsnews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/venupas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postele-z-masivu.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32457226932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/zeketikap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pevak.info/UserFiles/File/xapamararozidakomot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rococosofa.com/files/files/79598524301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf33537686f189a54c848a3c8ad693b5/sogesajiwirawojizex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siamsnail.com/media/userfiles/files/pemurujisilimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chekeeh.ir/basefile/chekeehir/files/mizulisurowevigivaj.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_off0000dba4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBA4 17940 bytes
SHA-256: 42d65a70b405321e1b0bc857cab73d8631c2a3f6f671ec94ef64ed786d86720a
font_01_sfnt_off00010aa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122BB 10340 bytes
SHA-256: bf5471991ccb4bc8771602f6638942daeb8409b57e41253bcd67865c71ef0f5e