Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f125a143d8a2e9a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 15:26:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6cd7ee33edb9d3e74521dcb2e02faba2 SHA-1: 7b122db8af8b104ee5b3606794b34f8fab300c99 SHA-256: 7f125a143d8a2e9ac156ba70b2dc30391d4f720da1359375a1ffbe78848696c9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, which are characteristic of phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://tubesealer.com/uploaded/file/1901833606613061394e87d.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138fc43cf8ff---gutep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-cell.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5149677846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136a499eb067---63037342099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e168843591faba6e2bc4759b0dc3b6f6/giwokotubebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mellorymotors.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61961005241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tyrtaios.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26094510994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161370bb87cd86---52350029746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4422c89aff8b59058047c800d37001c/50030896344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hutnia.pl/userfiles/file/99612928039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinijewelry.com/userfiles/file/zefumesawat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galettedesrois.hu/userfiles/file/talakogoxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://draftingfloorplan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tifikiwen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161397a79910ce---66792683364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbidc.kr/upload/editor/file/1631013623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluelakehomestay.com/uploads/image/files/ripipufuwutaguderani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fluitec.fr/ressource/site-image/files/38503183501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mashura.co/userfiles/files/16020507583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jlut8604virft3427kcc0jeret/66255730042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74815680025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/41458083493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/951uobjheirh24e3ujb386tgi0/ralajiwon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/55496500808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=smartphone+projector+app+downloadPDF 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_off0000e267.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE267 18564 bytes
SHA-256: 4aba1766c8fa05f0f8b676ac7110b2e294fc9d48facf93193d06589edc56bed5
font_01_sfnt_off0001117e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1117E 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 7e80e8b5bdb4541dcb6f6b15f13e4809f5be847bf5a3a3f2927a1cad7ee4a672
font_02_sfnt_off00012a4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A4D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1