Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7f40ed5b69ac356…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-07-25 16:37:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5aac434de18f288f08ed25c5a6e01969 SHA-1: 8a8b14438b56c6a3d0f31622e6f4135d77c56e70 SHA-256: b7f40ed5b69ac356d54601269b337e855eac512ae8cd2924383ff13efa5e669f
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://trungtinjsc.vn/upload/FCK/file/81053408668.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g2ihjisqmitdc9f248ksqn925c/digilixasobijet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrva.com/uploads/files/82093184746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/fapebabodiremixanaguxiduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arendic.cl/files/65709200629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fd9412036d---9923756331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jvcc.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/210710053005602207i8cky.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/26036845810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoscan.it/userfiles/files/riralebejabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reparationmobile.net/userfiles/file/36473730310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22d9fbea8a---zomulorugedaralimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t60qrc0ogukhqac0at7nj2lrqp/33451657427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e93bdc4de9aafb538904e0370fe91b1e/nupexedon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torgradio.ru/new/files/file/64376032142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096da8557da4---poxilijuwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cdd1d9996d---tafijofikozirafifutezedog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/osgto56bgmjesbeekfh6nio625/58798657565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turagent007.ru/userfiles/file/satumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/jirodavona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfab3802412---83475078848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilalyapidekorasyon.com/userfiles/file/lisigofufirifivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeb35573e47---64930063790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pastadimatteo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21868701265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b43cf970b5a56555099ee23091e23e3/1983143311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/xudasodabeneda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=minitab+14+free+download+full+version+with+crackPDF 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_off0000fc57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011469.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11469 17372 bytes
SHA-256: 7b4586f167c64ff660f688a970adcd217180f83936e7913f1066975822d56852
font_02_sfnt_off00014216.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14216 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 46b2d411f972a2bf907b94262f76527d7faa34a66f4f8e000bcb80261ee7bf1a