Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7eeff294242c3e96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:14:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b6b8d434b209290d203ae6e7077ce281 SHA-1: 376d9c86096de917ba76df8beb8739eed18875de SHA-256: 7eeff294242c3e9615731753e1219ad316860d2c075a4ac3dc799863a2dbc684
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. This indicates a likely phishing or spam campaign designed to redirect users to malicious websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=should+you+deadhead+clematis+flowers PDF link annotation
    • http://studiophotosfashion.it/userfiles/files/80348525672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/44913323011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connect-senior.ch/uploades/userfiles/file/fegomokaweri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07l6hmktuq5d0bsr27fqlu4hg7/19859437881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwan-casters.com/userfiles/file/34301701863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074259caba5a---97497276762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cu-hinothai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/funukevajefosazetejag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomocnaukowa.net/Upload/file/sifutalugalajarixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/misobuxurozosobikoberali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanphatinst.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/30897216788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-jlclgg6a3e.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/1459161498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/56634871503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreoltour.ru/sites/default/files/file/76756003363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lekkermooi.nl/userfiles/file/91359215469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45863a3d9b---13880516773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/730043308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regiefranchet.fr/userfiles/files/14381760520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab006a26dfd---tanetezawolijowesuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/8719038270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/82916466882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98e2aac6a997c53f772dc88fa6c24209/mapadenival.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f92fcd103be---5947403072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/vepupiwope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrejaja.com/Upload/file/pizeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqbjrs0cld634akd0lfrpe1ujc/21753832014.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_off0000eb19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB19 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 753e645099170c9e3ed0c1554afa7f5fb4881d23744ff11fd2196a59d658e015
font_01_sfnt_off000104c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011cd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CD9 18492 bytes
SHA-256: 1fc52d58b56ef07d216a89ede930758649b787e6e47d814e5983dd06d02d071e