Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7cdfaab4516a9b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-08-25 00:25:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: e1a547f2812682a8805226f48e289a44 SHA-1: 07066f5caf92585021f7cf9c4d34ba24ce1d7f9b SHA-256: a7cdfaab4516a9b82eaa281eaba49a3203bd5c77bf50a4775d0a30be162ea482
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. It also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple unknown URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, which is a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://seamacros.com/upload/file/sunepobajed.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/803bbf0ade78f33c4e013e0c647cda40/subajunis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/misedesonem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bjjewels.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/misedobetefekum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k8dp8frj9hqv4gj2oe7e5e0s76/tedonanufuletanesanekav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xifax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumwebthailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/julawojamafotulig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cafe07e9132fd6bdaa2f2718bca3d5a1/tevapatasom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/divuzal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-line.ca/fck_upload/file/67878508694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/87108399774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a844bbafea---jivowuresalisamobileruger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91e8468cdec4c7ad30920f62ac5153ee/81109681634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j8uuqj1gk45vburaqsl06h31c2/bevamokewamisaguzobezabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka23.ru/upload/m/lesunobotijomeped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cryptoshift.be/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/25817648235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayocazar.com/images/elfinder-1.1/files/file/virigepiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb2183df62c---12932806281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/15819817946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhesient.com/media/60258082039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrrc.us/userfiles/file/tikobatawipadetoxogupik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaianhduc.com/images/file/simakutolawuguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoo-foto.cz/userfiles/file/xujowenopizideseremajuvum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=administrative+fiduciary+servicesPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f343.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF343 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B55 16988 bytes
SHA-256: 685a109454b8586b143545aaad5abb1467883535b5f9051581800ecb53d7419a
font_02_sfnt_off000137e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137E2 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 7422f5ebd627fb883b7f03ab79d0755cc21dba97cbb7f7cb4b745f9a81423384