Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e827699f237bf58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-15 12:35:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: cf4aea60d2f9041902c9634c53892856 SHA-1: c4d36530085b80409da5586b18a2c346d41b182b SHA-256: 7e827699f237bf5896f30334a40791d485d7a4d38cee8381d40d56903d5518f9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of numerous external links, including those pointing to compromised WordPress uploads, strongly suggests a phishing or redirection campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/84251749696.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://marktoby.com/akram/know_news/admin/userfiles/file/98027835141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exihomes.com/userfiles/files/mafusofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6addafe22ce795450f45af8f78a949f6/xupozuraguwexulebola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vandervalk.reviews/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/rewemipovukalopesuriman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/core/connector/upload/files/94387632836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoraccessories.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/baduvarulagovufikefaseve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bostaninsaat.com/image/files/10311290134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verner.lt/images/files/luzawunusevunadutevitat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alltechsro.cz/files/lojizuxudasinepumit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/760437e31fd8bfee13ac39076f5fa050/79502071873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcserviszlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bilikegusikuxotenad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ets-sptk.ru/pic/file/vonipagujupuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23123927474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balbu.eu/uploads/news/file/94870820045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extrastyle.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xizedevodedelafokagop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161352fa55caa1---25668950394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urparitet.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24345758025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicpark-live.com/userfiles/file/9582681204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icloudcleaners.com/uploads/account/autoresponderfiles/nawamutemawagilikelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/nuzabilomomafinorupax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c022e6e53d9df10e661e0d0aa6604c3/31025520086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tdfstore.it/file/tuvugibewul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a067c0a68bb71b35d5065403c19da22/xidujudikevinukavekadik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210910101853123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=have+to+exercises+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000e242.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE242 10516 bytes
SHA-256: d6760a1512fe6cd0de7b1b38725ecde2177e469d870fa1187188c8dc739edbb1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA67 17352 bytes
SHA-256: a000cae44ce9d1b6a45ef474e56e3d25ff2c0b4d06a678da769f44ae60752536
font_02_sfnt_off00012702.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12702 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1