Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f7f65ad0be9f183…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-06-20 17:14:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 69f3d23ce8f92c2b4c61790329b3807d SHA-1: fc7278bcd8c8cc6f2ec262675a923d66b7c27d36 SHA-256: 9f7f65ad0be9f183e5394326e912e6547fcd6400f210be67b4524cd81fc3b877
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF is identified as malicious by multiple heuristics and ClamAV, indicating it is a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It contains numerous links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, disguised as a song download, to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/xapamikevobalovi.pdf
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758c0d1cdaa---godiguzugumoxenekiwoj.pdf
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1985c48eac3def3466779c3c1b13f86/taloji.pdf
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086053b59eee---32412724760.pdf
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779a8c01324---mafifajonajilitejat.pdf
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f47ae8525a---88301672637.pdf
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/jinol.pdf
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa03132ea6f1baacab96c6a20a141bfa/suzim.pdf
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fabe0bfb352cb9c78d8cd5b7951d07a5/44105912117.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ce448c683---19710687637.pdf
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4287abc6af8fdf13239195845595664/suferexipakaxasikufuzumof.pdf
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3a258be9a---fexatonu.pdf
    • https://www.stjohnhomelessshelter.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6780c4c5cf456b87cb93abf5dcf59f58/37277063542.pdf
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdd72277523bb68a714a1849aba70175/nerafase.pdf
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbd1aab2a42---34287351882.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k2blt7mv4obtto09ua5etodgb0/favugegafonetemiwumimujud.pdf
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5b24518123858f6f62a457f1ac664eb/97789176490.pdf
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777c8ba28c1---fafinusexejasupapodedofaf.pdf
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8cee1bb99d---zidofagunumaxatefodofum.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=vande+mataram+song+mp3+download+ar+rahman
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e6a6.bin
81aa21e900e5ec8104e3be513732d2d530b0fa801d8f6bf606fbf3d079571b3e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6A6 5592 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f994.bin
fefe5a516d5d873d09ea23d4dd3d7fd629fcdca8346ef2bfa81f8dd5bf87b8f8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF994 11420 bytes