Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f5ebb7f06bbba10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-14 03:49:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6a066004b0bae645bbd8830e5b8785d2 SHA-1: 657b2a93279e2ebc672cdfbfb91559a53e01a13e SHA-256: 7f5ebb7f06bbba10a96a63e4c3cec6153a0135561c058dbebf20b76b98251b98
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which are part of link farms pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+moon+black+2+nds+download PDF link annotation
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/rutudezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://everestart.com/images/stories/file/17083198101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c74f53021d---34839602442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d7ae1ce6c8---mavexozemono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieutrimun.myphamkangnam.vn/webroot/img/files/12488095363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/16011366357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chiringuitomediterraneo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/laximujav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qeyeoptical.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sexawimujezowovubidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firesystem.ro/imagini_ws/42061624668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rutka.pl/media/upload/files/8dba256bae89ddfd6a7607488f624c6a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/fujarib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aumnat2car.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/wumef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/zabexikokoromawejore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ndt-ultratech.com/files/rikugumedobewuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architectureanddesign.it/userfiles/files/36237851233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhleisure.com/ckupload/files/fedanamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotteppta.com/beta/assets/file/fazafiruwotutuwoxumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/7210418760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emailing-online.fr/uploads/userfiles/file/32068332220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e322057734---nugiziso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://disonde.com/filespath/files/20210912104844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zovsh.com/Uploadfiles/files/vemogusaxugufavowamitu.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_off0000d488.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD488 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC9A 20408 bytes
SHA-256: 715b08bc3f9d17b1430b1484600951706266bdadfff765d0f428ec0bc27aa61c
font_02_sfnt_off000121f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121F5 10680 bytes
SHA-256: 87d4276048afaa9d9e8ca9c9186a7b6227199847c5b1385bc522a2d1014d1aaa