Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f2997a4a3af1bc7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 05:36:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: aa362cbd0b4ad683fef41b41be0df7c2 SHA-1: 0880bf70ed228c291147c4aaafc589ae561ae8f5 SHA-256: 7f2997a4a3af1bc7dfb662499ea6211c4642a434f77ab2b5476cfe7acea4edd8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which appear to be compromised CMS upload directories, strongly indicates malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support this, flagging the PDF as malicious. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to download and execute a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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://milwaukee.center/userfiles/file/49102433567.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143a533979e5---64758375330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijieet.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61870511440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damnoen.com/ckfinder/pho/files/85910956350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lonerangerfanclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69131573180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141121229cd2---gawenuruforot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tutorlookup.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuxiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6919cbeec1217e79348b2a0594676ae/30796798953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinaia-vik.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/lunekuxabozarufutixeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coffotea.com/uploads/files/202109011636044066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohadalegistrocbarter.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/nisawivupezoxedopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fmafirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/13318637579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felixtrail.com/imagini_ws/puboxesenedixitizumok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home-consult.lu/userfiles/files/zegozojutulerafasivamew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajur.rest/uploads/userfiles/file/puvul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autohondl.cz/userfiles/file/refajiwafemesuzegiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.renfrewareahealthvillage.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74336207334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroteam.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tugejugedasudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132eb1dc33da---18824404685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cryptobasics.biz/uploads/files/gekuzeger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webrobogo.hu/kepek/begokonefakomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/70658715949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insp.biz/img/file/81974169121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahceneryaman.net/public/content-images/files/53072599552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gameometria.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/fulunimurinevivijux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/nopinir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-pluset.com/userfiles/delegoxetuwapevezeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=hitorijime+my+hero+episode+1PDF 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_off0000b316.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB316 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB2D 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 33eed9b0aa29b7e07a0773e549bd01e520c863bd1ef51eb4270d93cc1a20f139
font_02_sfnt_off0000e383.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE383 16700 bytes
SHA-256: f84ef95012c63d0c8e17e112b424beeb31468e25f92ed595d652e2d1169fc9cb