Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abc7d3b21cba33c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:00:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3912306de8607f09c0750a13f0e1f0e7 SHA-1: 90761477d7fa2593eb30741dc7e1168c8364900b SHA-256: abc7d3b21cba33c2acbf1f62f2b2f011c8799becc50b5fcf8fd8acd47bc21ce3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript and external URI links, suggesting the PDF is designed to execute scripts and redirect users. The PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristic further points to the use of compromised web infrastructure for hosting malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/38215568809.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ondrejkocar.cz/img/file/64809674707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c26537e38c2---41139728960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/917193361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindergartenhelden.at/upload/file/tamopubidinuporegadexibel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/68973602777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611686df46a55---2604155180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/12966083956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ad33e611d---35057651948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop-ecobati.com/medias/upload/files/79544315808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/faloferem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a4ecfa74c3---wimavitemofosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81fc072eb9b11521c69ad2ee00ab1ac2/42741023282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/jebexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunghiephuylog.com/upload/files/niresebizinarizasajazero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0f476a3b5---16228976339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949d8ca19a5---vizud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ginzaoakland.com/uploads/files/88503941925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://licausi.it/userfiles/files/mimumanemadij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944c1358b14---lugovopuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/217289e176d49d6c97fcc96a0090bc85/nafenaxijuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ul9uuian04bsdmacj8bo85b256/7211121065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fc5c883a87---botakokaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/femurorajazepexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hairtransplantmangalore.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/rujivedezew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=brucella+abortus+pdfPDF 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_off0000c5cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dde4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDE4 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 865d8d7d85ad38a6860d48ab05d76ef42f9734d8f7c50bb9c1cedaf103601dd5
font_02_sfnt_off0000f673.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF673 17508 bytes
SHA-256: 5a376921a9136a7c8e7133e40af4ccf860eb91e9a8c9e5e46801c85ec97ee8ca