Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7b510bae48213fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 12:56:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9c8b6ba7bac669d88fd69588c7ff8bc6 SHA-1: d5e9d81e8eea24407915b9f97e4a688c58698595 SHA-256: a7b510bae48213fbff9d81a99d230fbf1cd98cf935014bc487121d0432ece515
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=main+division+of+peripheral+nervous+system
    • https://gagiongvitgiong.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49755011046.pdf
    • https://artcorner-fiberglass.com/userfiles/files/21767702929.pdf
    • http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64211456482.pdf
    • http://pho32shabu.com/uploads/files/11549887981.pdf
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131399b88f13---25197029405.pdf
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613632a6ea23b---40651826684.pdf
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d8b0bca760---73475415647.pdf
    • http://tuclubcr.com/campannas/file/bojakikufufasarasupozevij.pdf
    • http://girisimcilikproje.com/resimler/files/depuwowome.pdf
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99fd112a92c938a8ba7d916c72df33ac/58736696417.pdf
    • https://ctapigroup3.com/contents/files/36266181761.pdf
    • https://mtmhomeschool4art.com/mycms/uploadedimages/editorUploadedImages/file/3914830341.pdf
    • http://hefei.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82458699141.pdf
    • http://3dsami.org/uploadfilefiles/28071535961.pdf
    • https://charterfori.ir/basefile/charterforiir/files/80837120524.pdf
    • http://www.peretprod.ro/content-images/file/fazipamajoxotinajosagete.pdf
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/522b6a25f9b6cfa6a8bbfbfb62bfc9b9/jugobodufawizelakexiw.pdf
    • http://acelybio.com/upload/files/suvotabimotule.pdf
    • http://saigonford3s.com/uploads/2021-09-11/images/files/75560828099.pdf
    • http://fkhd.cz/data/img/mofeziwinatuvu.pdf
    • http://aktifimmo.lu/userfiles/files/tomarebetamude.pdf
    • http://aimecostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/64688646362.pdf
    • https://ladangmimpi2.com/contents/files/17288094694.pdf
    • https://mauspro.net/upload/files/30485865661.pdf
    • http://ulleungroadtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_6467EC46E421D9AA.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_off0000d7d0.bin
4e5ee24751baec973a10575127b7d77f7a22bd85e4104675bdf60d5ce071e08c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7D0 16632 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000102b7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102B7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011ace.bin
a7b0f8afa52ff74bf00c62f69871573041d8e2a1cc80325529e42f7e3ed3e5e9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ACE 11036 bytes