Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e86a04c44844e86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 00:50:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ac65dfa1937a9258958cd98ec0f953eb SHA-1: 597585306cce1e513ff9c54b50244f40d2a23dd3 SHA-256: 7e86a04c44844e863ec6672b3e7848769f26d763484b9876afe4fe8bf617e667
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external PDFs, some hosted on potentially compromised sites, indicates a malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this PDF is designed to deliver a malicious payload or lead users to phishing content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the execution of malicious code or redirects the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/jomewenagukupimew.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ckud.handysociality.com/upload/files/bazexidujegax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shyjjc.com/v15/Upload/file/20219171242137061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cualuoiskydoor.com/webroot/img/files/76335899899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transcash.com/ci/userfiles/files/25929992931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kominove-centrum.cz/media/files/file/vatojupowuxisivibep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariekevanvlierden.nl/survey/userfiles/files/643225799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scavilecis.it/userfiles/file/19631997918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e9fc9a2eff18dbb5152a414b639140e/sakojefubafofovix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deforma.it/userfiles/files/55078682078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/83661595625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5lovestartw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/55160254756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analhospital.net/file/files/79824242424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pharmabiosolutions.com/filespath/files/20210919051033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145d7c6962f4---47962407064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137d7f87645d---22065169696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.net/userfiles/file/xiwovubowatakomidamap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suarezbeltran.com/aym_images/files/sigobudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anbao.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/82803030499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thomas-zigon.de/images/file/puropomej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67732084014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nieruchomosciprzetargi.pl/files/file/patejujiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halkum.rs/files/bukofilupudapepukib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aordonez.com/images/contenidos/files/67496300548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emailchopper.rockeit.com/userfiles/file/11646079244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=pd+pupil+distance+apkPDF 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_off0000c4c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4C6 10480 bytes
SHA-256: c583b92688f5fe4a0d84f5c37e770d8f4e546c9c437ea5be45354eeb13719dbd
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCB2 18008 bytes
SHA-256: e3edd4c87fe524b496fa7b04a1f27005b1012133144278d8ad969be4044fe25d
font_02_sfnt_off00010bf6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BF6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1