Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f7c47c8189d6be9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:48:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d19c0dddc119e689a9ee3a8d40a7191e SHA-1: 1d89724db60e712d640ccf935c770ee99c24571c SHA-256: 7f7c47c8189d6be90690c2c44f480dd9f2cec6f2bb1db42868d580b57bb89cec
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting domains. These links form a link farm, a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user to a malicious site, likely to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://maryamghiasi.com/images/upload/files/52217702970.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kokocurry.gm/userfiles/file/57837055284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1b9332a650d527ad57eb196f325a333/wumixenazajef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/550e528e5de906279ce76a0fe556b311/xazizuvevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://self119.net/upload/userfiles/2021/05/files/210529085313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a146760c57a---66506677594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metricgroup.it/uploads/file/85036868408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pe24tnfbcj3hd5jd7kv98j29u6/84678977589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijfbacknumber.com/editor_up/tunera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9s54q6m7d59lhcvctp6m9i4qc4/lamazodutite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f59092bd35---57782518269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dochoiotovn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/53737670176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kifoxijidijulibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bec9b641af2c379bf3ad27b28a1626f/pukelegikeguwapike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varosom.hu/userfiles/files/tosevakodal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af5fe8032e7---vanemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nocleginaplus.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/perelaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf56e425f7eacbe118bce71748e19abc/menezivolosase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecofincas.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/junuratubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asacnfservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bifewajivukutoxomizaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://derfo.info/resimler/files/66361510738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrybusiness-crm.com/ressource/devis-photo/files/87971232673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/20121340054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=fifa+world+cup+2018+schedule+usa+time+pdfPDF 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_off0000d10b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD10B 11444 bytes
SHA-256: de27001347c973570c02d1fa700f11113ce1c6bfb0fd160e1569910ae6d4313b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC38 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001044a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1044A 18164 bytes
SHA-256: cd91713e7902b3f0d6769f3a29735789a5896a894c03eed52f49e9338b48dce9