Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7573180fd4dd5e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:08:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 41a1f02b4f6970f6734fe0f76ee61cc1 SHA-1: 0a91e36997b02ff483c8771189e89844fa3375dd SHA-256: a7573180fd4dd5e4494aff94b601d9a063fc17c2e85c8f0d6d39a96f190f6d0a
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 or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=surviving+the+pied+piper+the+untold+story+pdf
    • https://clinic4lab.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210618072100.pdf
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119d40bd8577---9940467017.pdf
    • https://bistakalikotenetwork.com/userfiles/file/jibizufugani.pdf
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d0227971a---katiximovutu.pdf
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1da2d9d526---89864062899.pdf
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609498d8d302a---91725604576.pdf
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/gemogamebawitexunezeti.pdf
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d994172521---pogil.pdf
    • https://akemi.ro/hirek/file/mofifoxomopixe.pdf
    • http://zajazd-broadway.pl/galeria/file/71221892026.pdf
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vv5eqbq8pl8up712qjbnjcgo5o/33403218698.pdf
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/zunopetexazanorejokajok.pdf
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25ef5758a75c0152ada0da7d42b507c8/26309136557.pdf
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/dosarelozedubo.pdf
    • http://deleeuwputten.nl/site/data/ws/files/96796918295.pdf
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sius39tp2i10p3a6u9ri2ov7o5/pisadexitodawun.pdf
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/jesuzo.pdf
    • http://tipiland.net/upload/file/munejaliza.pdf
    • http://galettedesrois.hu/userfiles/file/9001667979.pdf
    • http://wefocusdesign.com/upload/files/79242412627.pdf
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3tf0s927njbnvl3np6ksv39eam/lewasugiwubiw.pdf
    • https://mediacentre.aerlingus.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuderaboraribonivopiwuvu.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_off0000bf8a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF8A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d79c.bin
9f1f505d1c8201ae3cae5404de1cbf88e9a618c1dd8122348e520a448144c1ff
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD79C 17332 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001051b.bin
617f0dae5baa8d8c62d94f9bf8bb7d426d53fdb37266108e3a216d3bbcce381e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1051B 10968 bytes