Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7a499431d6cbd41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-12 07:54:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 14ee0a2bfee366b7d6487483de68ec3a SHA-1: a354ebfe8af95045b360d65a201c8e036074265e SHA-256: c7a499431d6cbd41b355f61b325ba008ea6f7f7895c5815d78a0bf10eb2529bf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, indicating it is designed to redirect users to malicious websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript points to its use in executing malicious actions within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=james+p+carse+finite+and+infinite+games+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://kiptep.ru/file/47051486294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87286650087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamax-motor.cz/data/dokumenty/8925591864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irvine.songhakbbq.com/uploads/files/91297178146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belloverde.net/emailer/file/valawuvofijajowinejanuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piemonteforyou.it/userfiles/file/roxodigavabopapuxoleduve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dcfc739eb7f850c39e854d927ffeff2/85134127914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0c6e105e7c18c7390cfa425b9baf851/25587286041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insinkerator.us/images/uploaded/file/wunimufaduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134926a2c57d---76341762238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feniks9.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sojonugifodow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaatkinson.com/userimages/zexovalelifinopowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pneusmarene.it/images/file/zexobuputi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synagoge-stommeln.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lelore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----gtbercbfedtm3b.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67194620611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67574454503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vhssirimpanam.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zenopatuzukawedelorobuxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210906140235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vpecargo.com/userfiles/file/14235334707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4a0cf5ec0bba47649443e939f0274dc/78713006979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asmitahrgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/volaxurebako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d4f1372cc---52595054173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thibiditrading.com/public/userupload/files/tinirasebupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlsxjy.com/right/UploadFile/file///2021090909025873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom-titan.rs/files/20070152318.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_off0000e0e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0E0 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 40660e929790f4c3d9d60e715800ba7dcc0250608c12bc41a871d1d1b349795e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f979.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF979 19084 bytes
SHA-256: 7989b52c3a500247944647c6140e0e4f0cf75a9d94effacaeea40e809a309d2c
font_02_sfnt_off00012af0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AF0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1