Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7569cc8a350dfa6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-10-03 14:03:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 1f6be1114a2468e69a282f5be749359a SHA-1: e0f84584a9a4fdc863eab49ddf6148058e002063 SHA-256: c7569cc8a350dfa66d83896a46c1f60b98701c40ffd06455e6b9d463221838c4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Additionally, heuristics indicate the presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish for credentials. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9915

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://rajnnuhiddje.se/userfiles/file/nisapa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://justforjetscatering.com/userfiles/image/files/62359284470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5512844992b4c40d043fc458fcb90f69/kajukixejog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilocom.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80824089967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agmapure.com/upload/files/rejewelesoxupavonusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmanllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19250183291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amthanhanhsangchinhhang.vn/upload/files/42235145246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-dev.ethioapp.com/websites/lightyearsahead/code/userfiles/files/42953778402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aromamarketing.md/img/files/pufavotemaxejobaxalesanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlantidegattico.it/file/12633026221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compufoxmail.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/62295033882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosteleriayvending.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92937045965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138e8fb458f9---91377221829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-s-g.ru/userfiles/files/xajekaxebikedanepuvabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.haztartasigepszakuzlet.hu/pics/file/59361711193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83fa17e22a740590279ec7475c84951c/77041880390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613db02df27f1---79834055579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.club/sites/default/files/file/41431078674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgeonlaw.com/filespath/files/20211003072604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasymusic.it/userfiles/files/voken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sumibevipafuzakaremidif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thokhoavietnam.com/upload/files/fukigovizunipom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnarinfo.in/userfiles/file/35061691854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/50447744624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eaa918acde---34955054725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/39823176213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=mozambique+holiday+resortsPDF 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_off0000b7fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7FA 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 23a7b9d00d7264c912cd3b328f9f579c1e5d5e9d5a79ad2d8e36d5a4912324cf
font_01_sfnt_off0000d13c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD13C 17084 bytes
SHA-256: b577f25ffcfcdbd58d9d81086a2b4ba96d947fb839aa5f26c25b55f8ced9f1f7
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD1A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1