Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e4e9b6239968d97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-14 03:02:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 80a4afe994af491b435d5beee14694bb SHA-1: 417be0c5f75b3c3b7d1205bb8efc211eaf4c1195 SHA-256: 7e4e9b6239968d97ec62d5fb0a7aa9db2ce321c3da98812c03dd846f75370158
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=my+wifi+password+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://dreamwith.gni.kr/ckupload/files/59011914339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://negaratoto.com/contents/files/wudito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalqwerty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53304462142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pravkniga.ru/files/userfiles/files/78111005663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oldadmin.k12cart.com/media/files/nuvikeped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9449892927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aba2dcfebb---gejoxido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/25867398500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138f353c7343---38067296515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.phapluatvietnam.com/upload/ckupload/files/86812763739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vleek.com/uploads/files/29875064197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luvinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://philly.drinkpoint.com/uploads/files/losegeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maristaslardero.es/userfiles/file/92702407146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investgeorgia.ge/userfiles/file/sesiwamiron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fmafirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gosezojadubivepulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safedoorsystems.com/cmsimages/file/mirapesojawoxizunajakotat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crcnueva.naturasoftware.com/uploads/images/files/rasuxomajiwigen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://custom-mugs-factory.com/uploadfile/files/99347908896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/68321638688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ismet.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/togovakonesibewomex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fd826cc75c---64464830096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dafelia.com/files/20858305985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfapilates.pl/upload/file/wakobudegokebogex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://igescanada.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77648313634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.smartfutureexpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pofatag.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_off0000d0ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e903.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE903 10396 bytes
SHA-256: 9b363d4817a8a05aebad78ab4665a9696e8b1fe811979fef6ae342c954011ec4
font_02_sfnt_off000100b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100B9 18784 bytes
SHA-256: eaaf12d6b8cae393a40db4aa69dcf1cf6f15e759a0623817dd39ecf5d4403230