Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e81d528cd673b6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:00:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b2db24d5f8dd06609e63f1bd8b9a1974 SHA-1: 340b9892bc00d7e3f708575aa5f09f77ccac2bb2 SHA-256: 7e81d528cd673b6d01cb55e31fa659a9b19a1a900049d7e107529a308a6ec800
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and contains embedded JavaScript. The PDF also hosts a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination and evade detection. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/44818985957.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/fuxaxijefinapuxaxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161068ccb3645d---xumuziwifonogovulaleva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrashed-alsaleh.com/userfiles/files/22812219808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jirehenl.com/userfiles/file/202137271091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eltechma.com/zdjecia/fck/file/wudakufevafor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a87c9f00da---55841369011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joomlacode.org/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/img.php?file=file/27619426984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dexesezopuvofoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ebdb4d9ee8018dc2a73a67f5e1768a6/82484831871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westmoorclassof1965.com/clients/5/52/52ec68f2b927accf75267cb07bfcc891/File/87242711436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rubivina.com/Images_upload/files/rebopasuvurirefusajid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac5e9a05d2d---51602810193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca6026cb9e---35449894486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/rupeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://surupaceanu.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vujetigag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kodemari.info/data/files/41726874778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaiboxes.com/piceditor/file/tibarosojojofoxaridi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanlivin.lu/userfiles/files/pematikojetonitowebivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvamontbihor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/sefiraditeroma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alanurturizm.com/rsm/files/36346077497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafmoni2biho.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaxepewigawepomojikinob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuestag.ch/userfiles/files/paloxawinisosinigewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conditum.nl/userfiles/file/13187301901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=litotes+examples+pdfPDF 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_off0000ef02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF02 21968 bytes
SHA-256: a60a2ca5639e0d8af61a31e3c5cb283bc803b3d1375e8b9b96b15b000c48ce7a
font_01_sfnt_off000127d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127D7 10512 bytes
SHA-256: edcabd21e167618f61279fc8e9f3609ee0f85935a384f0690a4a9dd7fbbc3829
font_02_sfnt_off00013fd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FD3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1