Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7cebf34951f884b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-08-25 10:45:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b591da17c085b7a094679c2b562689b9 SHA-1: 08397d9ff94c81a94c70c1569e1769fb9f49ceed SHA-256: a7cebf34951f884b14c82cefd6aa6a641dae74aab098494c8da247bb5fe0bb24
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. This indicates the file is likely part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, leveraging a link farm to obscure the final malicious destination. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9721

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://tkquiz.com/userfiles/file/fimolirikumorogixup.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dajuicebarus.com/uploads/files/89645757510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96ad699131db48d31486f0ebe9929a10/rabokete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjaimama.com/data/upload/2021/05/file/202105102311471876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083594d5e805---tusubawasonekiwekageb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9m8cpir2fhef8odume7pm6fj24/papisor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d85e3635b0---vafadezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/33168807195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://360clothing.in/home/www360cl/public_html/uploads/images/files/48257452020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrkanuch.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/46230026412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioaba.net/userfiles/files/wufivarujemavikosakego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102e01d016ae---60156675414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilexgold.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/rojasimakobiposexof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d8l622ad28c3kjdbrpdfcus5l/xobaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupopiscis.com/upload/files/mobifepaxemibizit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://violetstudio.in/userfiles/file/46113690535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/lowirokofolupufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/67829212296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078331c6d40c---54921689630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae8cab0ff9d---givowoninebalij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce20e3610f---54631128146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d6c14105a54627c061a8d8b705b3d13/tovif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faprosid.com/file/kafopoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leinerpakgelatine.com/survey/userfiles/files/xopoginizefubutaxolewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b65108a41bdf0b1e66c5efe785c82f7d/bobugekuwivasevumok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krossi.ru/images/content/files/31237453307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+cape+in+minecraft+pePDF 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_off0000e4b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4B9 16620 bytes
SHA-256: ed4d9ceb1821e030044ffe1d1b10606f948eaeb28ecf8ef51f9e579db2669da0
font_01_sfnt_off00010fb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FB8 16300 bytes
SHA-256: cf48b691868a259c9a47f330077ef157433a70b9d03653b9765cd482506ba2f0
font_02_sfnt_off000125b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00013dc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DC8 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 9dd9c72abea0cde87682c6d9543b05a6c54d52bb07ea402c9fe03c53a18145d4