Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae7474338ed8dab2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-10-07 01:06:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 41c5b6bd786f74713987b359c1d98504 SHA-1: d9c2b050ae6f99099cd591a1897a718f1ec4ce80 SHA-256: ae7474338ed8dab2204f1f607311d2af2b9295d8ed8874541129f8e4d37b9c7a
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 or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chloroplast+of+a+cell PDF link annotation
    • http://yomamasushitogo.com/uploads/files/simekunekepunekife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobaliva.eu/userfiles/files/25439529736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasuthanhdat.vn/Images_upload/files/vubuvelapimoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/rikatosatitimobejedigov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijinmotor.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/vuvofadovazonovubedeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/gajorinimuduvudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uran-berlin.com/userfiles/file/54738752845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3067f5434e29a092fd72ca6cd0a6ab0/lememosizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wych123.com/upload/files/26079000701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614573d6dff7b---77105957595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://local-minicab.com/survey/userfiles/files/tiguxaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zosuliledoladisixono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nato-denkmal.de/uploads/file/gagapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spielundlicht.de/content_provider/documents/files/67745751676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tkhomedeco.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210916233616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7744a30797f4c0fc0091291f21e8ce17/botagesugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13c1d8eadeb1e96d381b509ff1f28edb/nenunedodarogarefepew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://av-jet.ru/userfiles/file/dakuluwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93837c72bed8e09bdd5657ac4a7dba71/bawukosasazofarepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wfbulgaria.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/logosilowugidezaruro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63976632955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changwontour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210928_95E9343E5B43DC50.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuoredicane.it/userfiles/files/zexodijoperobej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinko-tw.com/UserFiles/file/47527652339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trlgpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/16979622594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npas.ru/pic/file/88917348078.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_off0000d10d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD10D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e91f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE91F 17580 bytes
SHA-256: 25f6776262c81199642cbb56ce16be46e99cbb5db2fa9aa2ff5e0957a25277ad
font_02_sfnt_off000116cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116CB 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 87991d475466d8723d8524cf6152cfcc65f2500807fc29225aa22a3842b97aac