Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7fd2deed8e6cc54c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

134.1 KB Created: 2021-08-19 17:55:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 86de938ec164b69c3533edb01ca5c115 SHA-1: 58760975cbdbbc77ef1985adefbbf21d1efca4b2 SHA-256: 7fd2deed8e6cc54c5b5c6f288e84405a48f1ef6536ea915bad0038cec57bd724
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 on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via these links. The embedded JavaScript, though not fully detailed, is a common vector for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a87724c95---wipabufevuve.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ca1970.com/clients/10044/File/70834245646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e77762e3950---91188393726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doks-films.com/pcms/content/file/gonefakatefasujuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mauspro.net/upload/files/50997611348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanaspinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zakadunewajukemajazesuwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50284741913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profipreklady.cz/www/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14180999661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerocuki.hu/user/file/towifejod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eadsav8hmpvp6b3c6u8gr4341/53301529743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrs-edu.com/sribati/editor/uploadfiles/18652069595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7s3npb55cmpfqfb9l47qhc2fc3/dubobamefufidijogexubofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dunpvlp9e6a6rqqqmm4j1lka0q/50696865824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lubrifianti-auto.ro/files/file/20174091449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1d4c129865---85973002956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsafar.ir/basefile/tsafarir/files/69488747448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jodevak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7950fdc2e5---wafizumulitafajekideveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgl.lu/userfiles/files/xezesagipokowelisoraneka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/3116648783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monamifrance.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210618_4DD1E8618009FC9D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb59c910e41---95895469117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104adf5c479f---97903828877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensacolahigh1964.com/clients/1/1d/1d652d7f5bd5fd2f3712913460b20393/File/kekamat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=lego+ninjago+masters+of+spinjitzu+season+13+episode+11PDF 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_off0001a499.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A499 11264 bytes
SHA-256: 1f6a77766638bceee57e6cd023c3d4ee8edccbd9a8a52c6ecae1c663e460286b
font_01_sfnt_off0001bee3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BEE3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001d6f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D6F5 18868 bytes
SHA-256: e4484fa25feb1efc57b149366157ddf978519c52d58393c4399e79c2ddc0cabc