Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7a171c370c0a265…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-07-27 15:24:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4121fae55759a99fa867bde21a908252 SHA-1: bb671d3e53f87b046a8dd59eb3638202f5919a5b SHA-256: a7a171c370c0a26514ce2c1c191dc6b90cb4376b7ee2932644beaf4385f61547
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://a-mega.ua/images/uploads/file/rizuzegogexegiveziwop.pdf
    • http://tradeweb.es/userfiles/file/48118390081.pdf
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad49265b3c4---zinesopaso.pdf
    • https://dineflon.com//files/5306529575.pdf
    • http://esthebel.de/userfiles/file/87845781638.pdf
    • https://www.eecpowerindia.com/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68335998741.pdf
    • http://constantemails.com/userfiles/file/1624843380dozolibopoxegawixedafur.pdf
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b59ec4e1fad---63147405467.pdf
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929d9c75720---50254339487.pdf
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd424c4ff31dfaab591306026e2343d3/76296625009.pdf
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d4e1a2fc50---5222534182.pdf
    • http://bwlpsalisbury.com/uploads/files/kikukelepi.pdf
    • http://lixupeng.com/uploads/files/kipafivagubomezirutogimel.pdf
    • http://mtcclassof81.com/clients/0/0a/0a45bd3013a8cc77df817aa526a911b1/File/bameporuwo.pdf
    • https://xistenze.com/files/files/forabikudoxajotupanadul.pdf
    • http://residencecarlofelice.com/userfiles/files/2683304993.pdf
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/55033069858.pdf
    • http://jsdarvin.com/files/lawujuwuxusoxuwew.pdf
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb529754f75443652dda52d2bf395d28/zuliwomerenevon.pdf
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuxulare.pdf
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/fulodutodowawizonarim.pdf
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/55366379093.pdf
    • https://www.nevjegykiraly.hu/userfiles/files/50450498652.pdf
    • http://triatlonbizuterie.cz/sites/default/files/file/35112562392.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=essentials+of+biostatistics+in+public+health+lisa+sullivan+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_off0000d432.bin
32e104aba72dbe2036560ad4f8084e066c504b88222edc1a0968d6bd01cff4d5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD432 10904 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed2e.bin
06aee538c0bad5f9ec03211ee3ded417780dedf6ba2ca38eb99dd858c4e1c34c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED2E 16432 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000117b9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117B9 16792 bytes