Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7427ecf4ed6e953…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-23 05:58:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3c936d9fd6aded33e25717da91c3c118 SHA-1: f5d9cd9c862dab08eba2798157180d4c85920c1d SHA-256: a7427ecf4ed6e9536a0d4a65ebc1cb9ea046ba751291f0cae277addf84e68b01
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to download further payloads or redirect the user to a phishing site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9797

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://smenergy.kr/uploaded/file/1638797441612f3e01e040f.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c185447fd31da1f5f0da7959d6b11041/23447034495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blnk.eu/userfiles/files/jisukunazoxudaruwezokalop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jajugroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86094444421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59067161074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssmahavidyalaya.org/lion/uploadedfiles/fck/files/file/92358691978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fef47711b49a6c8798b2d51a4c9ad6d5/81828965422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-leasing-management.com/uf/file/14399751423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pdww.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buzerijeredikuzegopokiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1ent.com/userfiles/file/20210908031012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fenaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aumnat2car.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/49885401773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135531b5cd45---xirivatiwotidarabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindonis.com/userfiles/file/fokavuvugedewenuzopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----ftbkdcamitb5h.xn--p1acf/files/fck/file/64948749593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativi.brtim.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/50574862584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/perijeragolimonajogexel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saothienemb.com/uploads/images/files/zonipetukolijejaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morecoredesign.com/images/imageUps/files/25751935208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamokugrofa.sk/admin/fckeditor/file/jarafosunoxotomugojumanub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pularapagedexet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanfrancescovet.com/userfiles/files/tezaverokesinopaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141c3f1cd03e---mivufibiluzeduxinurovawuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bengalroys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zisorejetenus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hhikpf3uvsnu80pmni6mit54lb/59752376240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zogaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=positive+words+that+start+with+aPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c5b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5B3 15880 bytes
SHA-256: ad5db33c9b30d354aade94cbd81210c6641d42ece57c580b9a9d39f2ab5f3381
font_01_sfnt_off0000edfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDFC 17228 bytes
SHA-256: 94e7209930c942868d8b7d09daac5721bd22751aa1b62241425b1eaa89848069
font_02_sfnt_off0001079b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1079B 10348 bytes
SHA-256: 0a21d702bc658e27c2fef376a13c572f67925d7844f7676bc9d269bf01061a3c
font_03_sfnt_off00011f3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F3D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1