Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7fd276aee7d95f48…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-09-20 23:17:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c797be9a87233f695b2ed306fdeaedc0 SHA-1: d56e935c82cfed813d8728e28a6c13e9b420edd5 SHA-256: 7fd276aee7d95f48317601c53cca88a2a70e8b06653f807bc681cbe57701c091
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://tradingphrases.com/userfiles/files/pitazu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dulichtantai.com/files/uploaded/files/12196025438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kvbm.org/pds/userfiles/files/7823638906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161402d6af3ae8---kiregej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cz-synergy.cz/data/file/momejebanumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steakpluspizza.us/userfiles/file/gimerasuwisixoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/80314753704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/vutoturogusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wodoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letdentalab.com/img/files/33511165161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161317eecf347b---10507124046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zahrek.com/userfiles/file/6489237255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaktutzhit.by/uploads/files/89983709100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creationart.hu/files/file/42073000487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-try.tw/upfile/files/2021/09/03/kotagokosokomezagodakupuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbsinternationalschool.org/userfiles/file/rovunivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com/files/badagesodegakabap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mds-horizons.com/upload/files/24112944987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a800644661---15479816130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dynamicyunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60872433474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f67c5a9a3a---wikale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leguido.net/files/64866261049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurodegranizo.ar/noticias/fckeditor/file/20267746903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naves.cz/res/file/52671277598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=ielts+foundation+study+skills+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_off0000c512.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC512 19032 bytes
SHA-256: 53b9777a6041a0f491a1a0da3ebebfd19f0407b912cbde4cffa41d53732fbdd6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f54a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF54A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010d61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D61 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 5af987d9217f3bdb0cf730a3f564227907dc4ec97ea1144abe938c6a242626f5

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