Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7fe5797f6802b3c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.7 KB Created: 2021-06-25 22:12:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 193e9e92f2dbe4fe06065698b7becd4c SHA-1: bf15678fe1df80982534bcb5dffb6761f15c46b0 SHA-256: 7fe5797f6802b3c0a51dd30b1444c457b9fd567789bbab83c4d76816c2d19172
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for link farms, suggesting a malicious intent to manipulate search results or redirect users to potentially harmful content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=qualitative+research+articles+in+education+pdf
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2912b4387c690e77b21f8141b3ed13a0/pezudisamuvalu.pdf
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be47f8e087d87d4aa6fca0b31c121eee/25557808531.pdf
    • https://kaptenhoki.com/contents//files/58510277758.pdf
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c68d18378469f79a8760f9abb3d454b/19707500639.pdf
    • http://linkingpeople.info/userfiles/file/63140665238.pdf
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b84n6fgjag7do5vit3uc9p89p8/75187465965.pdf
    • https://www.letspassdriving.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sngeppenfbkrnpvk1tnri8l95o/98083127083.pdf
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/bagupewu.pdf
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fph5jcsds1s4n1tmnui4o7cps7/sexujagikegevixamuz.pdf
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2553afd26---jugiluril.pdf
    • https://aravlicraft.com/cmsCart//upload/file/popupijumexuxu.pdf
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r2p3vlihd3090eg86h1htam560/36927578138.pdf
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/nazibisonelebiworad.pdf
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eaeef19ba0---fedajevomu.pdf
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c927ee56cc90c29187b4ec6ca94111df/wosedivumaruzemedirajuz.pdf
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/303be7311f5b86e18070c6ed110ba8c0/29976536520.pdf
    • http://abcbyspu.net/ckfinder/images_store/files/lejer.pdf
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946dc85253b---goxidepatorelobezedu.pdf
    • http://inlygiaylynhua.com/upload/files/mevixexibesapigefizan.pdf
    • http://alfonsoguiggiarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/vexopup.pdf
    • http://sintellect.ru/Repository/file/15653391803.pdf
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/2021621854399787.pdf
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c23d8e1eb6---92844892356.pdf
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rg5q2jo2osba9m9gbqak3091bb/kopobivux.pdf
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7cf4c30beec1f966e0370054994e6ad/3196794737.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011df6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF6 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001360d.bin
59ac39ccda9ddd6dfad92d99c07334dd98a66501df1b3fb9930921f09d1c678f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1360D 10940 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014f77.bin
cd082d86bacef4f417ff12b75d557e73c27b0f4a78baac6582a22e1710a5b511
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F77 16936 bytes