Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b792637678d1b348…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 07:37:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7680f572e2ec4df1c9d809fdf4f4972d SHA-1: c1a97c0e7e9281b7e6a0ab091a25986ca61ea7a9 SHA-256: b792637678d1b348baa6ce833fd109ae731373aba5dce168fa9e43270c3813e6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to various external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+quantum+numbers+from+electron+configuration PDF link annotation
    • http://ichieh.tw/uploads/files/202109010236133594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cf093b5ea87e1705fd8fbbe20479a9d/99133335303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aykutemlak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/navabilod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/049ed11601d99955f712e6f48cf8f12c/75483221310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovth.ch/userfiles/files/gewufurade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duhocblueocean.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38778768959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodrago.eu/userfiles/files/gemusuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vansuloi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/24104087815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdalehorseboarding.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xefanepupevewok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9qvuljoqlb0tqivt2bv5chgi20/58553537503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jppdlned7f50nl9q0n0rmpctq1/sapudezib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harom.ro/files/file/54615009937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d92ffd71b65---xiwetezomebamenukosijixug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a253e6ae894---28926133892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://108pizza.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/2862496420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/119e4ea54d5230d3d1cb3d375f3cf645/vuxukolexofusapalup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80493143073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meskerjager.nl/media/files/losetimutarebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebrates.com/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/8062046475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/65636959396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seigyobannkaigaikikaku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sogapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-elektro.eu/archiv/file/wabired.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48fb3bceed7373fa7668c6b21e54efcd/99635630163.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_off0000c954.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC954 11280 bytes
SHA-256: a5c07b1e9337cfee5982a9a9f9d559287861c8124262d63b7b233b502da69ba9
font_01_sfnt_off0000e348.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE348 16792 bytes
SHA-256: b1b93c01d1ab94db1094dfecc1b4f355ce8a0506fb5654ad500d61365c53591f
font_02_sfnt_off00010e44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E44 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1