Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a07224fca27ac65c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-22 13:12:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 87d88ca322ff9c61bc53fd6e4b13a699 SHA-1: a865480e79ea922b8cbef40623a635fffdd3db46 SHA-256: a07224fca27ac65c54cff01ea3f1c19a151313cea647ac60c81aa4ea5010bb4c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs to execute code or redirect users. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised upload storage, suggesting the PDF is designed to lure users to external sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://feldbach-tourismus.at/files/sisuw.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614af89eb7bae---85125513147.pdf
    • http://changwontour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210901_1355A3F3E6ABFEB7.pdf
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e95749cc1e---motamajenuba.pdf
    • http://chrisnoblelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dekimewulatesexu.pdf
    • https://veaodaibrahma.com/uploads/image/files/38035073796.pdf
    • http://milkexim.ru/imgeditor/file/fukajenazunijofipij.pdf
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144f1bb04df6---21834506167.pdf
    • http://acupunctuuryao.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/japizo.pdf
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131c5fd2db17---nuviviwasulidow.pdf
    • http://kiapelhrimov.cz/UserFiles/File/direlewogawewoxot.pdf
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/82487528633.pdf
    • http://www.polni.si/Images/files/14679905690.pdf
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d25883698a5db5e96043798f9e5481cd/lixipo.pdf
    • http://energosol.pl/images_cms/file/35495051071.pdf
    • https://doitoutdoorz.com/file/IT5u1vcEP8ADIRyi.pdf
    • http://shipagents.nl/uploadfiles/file/53027753295.pdf
    • http://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/boxenatepuzimopowow.pdf
    • http://recit-de-vie.fr/userfiles/file/42935358245.pdf
    • https://cauthinh.com/luutru/files/wezegigozodusabigatoguv.pdf
    • http://world-green-hope.com/uploads/files/vusaremulevizugaro.pdf
    • http://cka-shiba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xoziximurewiwuvokep.pdf
    • http://generoussecurity.com/uploads/zafibeboxilinavakola.pdf
    • http://quimis.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bewumixaxiridunideduwe.pdf
    • http://www.fishandcosolicitors.com/uploads/files/59317105709.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+download+fall+guys+in+android+phone
    • 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_off0000c29d.bin
06bb2dcb488a5fc3c2fc8a50bb305ea06ecaed3a53577a001a3a83892a073802
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC29D 17036 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000eebc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEBC 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000106d3.bin
d1ee9ceae7a71a76030068f951f4d475ffeec84b67d61242458b58605d502990
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106D3 11068 bytes