Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f76821893879671…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-06-25 07:56:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6f93867e890cb861a3a02e028325cbe1 SHA-1: c661a005e7545f1a8c623778b6ddd151d96a60f3 SHA-256: 7f76821893879671dd4f17e8c8305683d240f18e2edc8242c6d909bc45797b5e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains multiple links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The presence of a PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic and ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded URLs are likely intended to redirect the user to malicious content or download further stages of an attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076698917ce3---gudogoninow.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58f31882e4fc38057dffc95c4a8937dd/tudakokapokapir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/60434185443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file/%5C/51462261718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webelievedin1984.com/clients/6/67/676624d6593aa512bfa6e10e765af00e/File/24780803101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5ef737c9732ad937dd517be2a71f4c5/kemetigefiwalepisibur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosquash.by/data/62967105319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralinteh.com/uploads/files/90910329011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/39323523324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87ca0699d9---pifipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc362000308697854205dbc42442355c/gilozujedulinomobovudexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gh7tb14msbt8a8u8pij5lkkn07/64068190639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/melizajanoluba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/jiguji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b200b21d2c1---81124867385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernersuarez.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/62442247322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a8dea11de---petanifotozofuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://fedorahosted.org/lohitIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=10th+class+telugu+questions+and+answersPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f2eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2EB 5516 bytes
SHA-256: c232f68332b8e1f26b1a878628f578cd619b955117e602651fcb5d12223dea7b
font_01_sfnt_off000105ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105AD 2664 bytes
SHA-256: da516a6840832890bbb696abcb92d0ab0fc3ab18d07cfeecf935985da9994c9a
font_02_sfnt_off0001111d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1111D 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 980552cd1ea6682306eff2062761bcf376c1abc8d3fff7e8f7b1f04143e341ea
font_03_sfnt_off000136ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136EA 2936 bytes
SHA-256: ad216bec6390d88bde657538a34952645ad112663733468cfd7ecb3549b26d06