Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f0731a9faf8b27f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 18:20:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b4f171c7d145a0c012b7ab76016f74d4 SHA-1: 56a305f0dd29cddadfea1987672348101fdeae84 SHA-256: 7f0731a9faf8b27fb3d3d0c5e4bebb3ba9a2a95dd23bb189c538e3d906b9567b
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as an image-based lure, typical of phishing campaigns, containing multiple links to external domains, some hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure strongly suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF format itself can embed JavaScript for malicious actions, and the heuristic firings indicate a phishing intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+san+andreas+g PDF link annotation
    • https://alhasooncorp.com/Files/files/janiwiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocthientam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/fejolewiverapaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/370rffnud0i09jft9i0kj1udh9/berojisuzewamawazugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a5a582c8b4---loguxakiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiab.net/userData/board/file/rabidurekefomum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161444a3e5d24f---6408784073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-de-la-ferme.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79791208883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ebc3a8dc5---befagebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://importfoodfair.com/userfiles/image/2021/09/file/lokoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/ladatizomugawisub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210906/file/16308578109148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1carl.com/userfiles/file/63791412948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wusiwafibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpghollywood.com/userfiles/files/2167972100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldstecq.com/userfiles/file/xanugovamas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolingrealestate.com/your-home-cleaner/FCKuploads/file/jejaginudedenijazif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9cfe68e1d44818e59412e8740809748/wozawuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmuniontravel.com/userfiles/file/37962655829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gesas.it/media/mailinglist/file/15361007169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tktravelkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210917_DA0A71A73D0B24E3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spheresignal.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/56091154178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros-audit.com/i/up/file/ledojopatalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semineebrasov.ro/printuri-fi/files/53797491359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diegogenna.it/userfiles/files/76255428865.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_off0000b2e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2E6 14228 bytes
SHA-256: 5174848379feae87f769ec01c1ec1ee1975874f8b9b5bc9ad1821f21f47298b2
font_01_sfnt_off0000d664.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD664 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE7B 10204 bytes
SHA-256: a5b0b42584a1f8939c9148fc50174468fa6dab9b5ceb21e898351acb4a5d0e57

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