Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e20751804daa1b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.9 KB Created: 2021-08-09 10:55:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 05cbac99b629588eb0217513b26576fe SHA-1: 248cd0129c9d3ce0ba35eedb88f150ffd6b23f10 SHA-256: 7e20751804daa1b72de4e2a8ca07793aa1e2aaa06404aadc02a5ea265771f2ca
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on disposable or compromised domains. The presence of a PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic and the ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/bubapezefaluregakoxow.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/22857717953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dynamic1984.com/user_file/file/mifatexawamirufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/xusinizebapipima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masonfamilyreunion.org/clients/b/bd/bdaf0a3c19eb5f10f0519c747c117e37/File/wepiselajotewugiveteruwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607562dde5584---62037024977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shtaket46.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/87248915099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobansut.com/userfiles/file/6148422301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajur.rest/uploads/userfiles/file/78815841997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup1.com/contents//files/8565781274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdsdealers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wivurakadapaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110dc816b0b0---sofeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd70e67601c---tusifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pachetedeturism.ro/images/files/8069734211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scantech3d.com/files/wevezomimomimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd5af04574a4bf9b3f13aabd24327ebe/13771654149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27388498769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2-view.org/home/view/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jewuxurepalejova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thsport.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kurojinetufuzalojutin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idcla.net/upload/files/17061353927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jc8ioflmufi2918gnc6pu3pqg3/82499597944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/ivuvabowinelapugadivej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimuselearningschool.com/learning/site/images/uploadfiles/zomixemopab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddfd0c44dfa---puwojaguzuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/39323523324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=example+of+resume+letter+for+job+applicationPDF 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_off0001384a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1384A 11096 bytes
SHA-256: e4644fccbdf504ed9d4984fc1dabccb819ebde7d9bfc1d9cb1ef7d4fcd3f7381
font_01_sfnt_off000151e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151E2 17916 bytes
SHA-256: 3426b3253c12748ebeacedd7f67fd395e9973497b12331646332825be023c02a
font_02_sfnt_off0001808e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1808E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1