Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab7dfb6926a51fdd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-23 19:46:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: e898d502230972878f43836a41aa26f8 SHA-1: c7237604a52991f6ddfaa1ad888f3bdf2cd147cb SHA-256: ab7dfb6926a51fdd0f9f2fc93bf7caa5138fb7c7f52f4f1e0eb46f0b07eecffe
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 WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further payloads. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=persona+3+kenji+social+link PDF link annotation
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161424dd62e4a0---46651573779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hongmao.tw/uploads/files/202109230512036323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/88646514407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tourgardan.com/basefile/tourgardancom/files/15256991654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memo-log.com/userfiles/file/lolomaxifenoforiwodixozix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellamy.tw/uploads/files/202109230134528560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maulich.vn/attachment/files/kazowabeviri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixturkey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/74680678573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/nuvolugilesopirinofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uticachemical.com/files/upload/files/75933861324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recrute.fr/files/files/67232648740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maisonfamillesrimouski.com/scripts/php/xenocode/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tonulaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vestol.bg/files/file/tiseder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/92590867915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/107f4f086b60f31c8c0ddd8452593765/11046112910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97169622773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auroraenergyproject.it/userfiles/files/33248290407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canavesiobruno-architetti.it/userfiles/files/44256623191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e2ingenieros.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96508778349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gioiacompany.net/images/upload/file/ronugunej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/kofekuxalinoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbaoge.com/upload/files/rogiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://havefuntogether.com/image/upload/File/falobimodabopuzarinefiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcihk.com/userfiles/8029571528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lrsinc.co/userfiles/file/xixovufugaguvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c9d04ae09e---ridixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/82666101913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valdhans.cz/userfiles/file/nakoloboxidegurepujeridok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e057.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE057 19428 bytes
SHA-256: ba075b6eb77659a84e7bba78637972080958f08416d7e5900e9df50b1c52dfef
font_01_sfnt_off00011146.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11146 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001295d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1295D 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 572f6e0d3773e1b45ae2c65fe6d2454469aa7ade5d3f031424e509f1cf8ad33a