Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e47574b5b723ab8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 21:12:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ce57b46907cbb68a83767ad2c10cb86f SHA-1: fcd8d5bab96aaebce11ab4536f39ce8cb2b59dec SHA-256: 7e47574b5b723ab8158779452c02e3aaeb9f8110736468958437e1c1eccb4f2a
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The heuristic firings, particularly the ML classifier and ClamAV detection, strongly suggest malicious intent. The document likely serves as a lure to download further malware, possibly related to Android threats given the UTM parameter.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tjoc+r+download+android PDF link annotation
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300a50e6aa5---49923557461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychaybocaocap.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/15284370914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushi-belovo.ru/files/1859368371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.vn/upload/files/3828329623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133f45f32fd4---tuzubonobepovod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyenghun.com/new/upload/board/files/10417152429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solis.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15289832638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12s2c9bp0ogdpag3uq2fdqo8qf/23453347254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8vf4rc9ndvuhl8mbkrnaa12ue9/lujazudofuduridagunopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://askaudit.ru/price/10974555458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenboo.vn/uploads/files/wokuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hcbarrett.com/user_area/file/19278705266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.org/files/39164261718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhk.com/files/fosubotigofiloguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.niceresidence.net/image/upload/File/zikuruzevijabowuladita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39369404514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b4be1552b2---wufobodozeduvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proclima-membranes.ru/userfiles/file/68347286788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bushurov.ru/images/files/57444467244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pdww.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xisixupupodurakolusilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fca926f059---73356322371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393259e250c---jegozop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143d9d03a7a1---57889039143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doks-films.com/pcms/content/file/50127816952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cukimentescukraszda.hu/files/files/poton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/72544955000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haihengpharm.com/upload/files/nebogavifulefeme.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_off0000b7a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7A2 10144 bytes
SHA-256: 63bc153c713c794c091cde08d63701a004fda31672833938fcf7ec2695fb01c8
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE58 14572 bytes
SHA-256: daefaa3fb8b3c774fb4b065b5c7ba034f31a7b1a64d39d582843eab55f201d4d
font_02_sfnt_off0000f268.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF268 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1