Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7a931f9602e89d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-09 01:00:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5f88d30442c175f51d3287a29d26940b SHA-1: fa78c7838918556ad5061be2e8863fc3b0ba5440 SHA-256: c7a931f9602e89d0f121a0d4aa234558f13a617db2aefda8b9e08cd44d465c5e
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external PDF files. Several heuristics indicate that these links point to potentially malicious content hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious verdict.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://goacetours.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38557285125.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138e2b535cef---dajabazulasid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/202196913195962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sydjpg.com/images/upload/file/20210904_041019_196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavalentina.ro/app/webroot/file/divawuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniquehotelsolutions.com/files/others/72491384356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamatudarbai.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45611440209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susasoft.com/upload/userfiles/files/43145101859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat2.hkha.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29876141124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dochoiotovn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/juxuvesanepuxerepufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valenciamaids.com/userfiles/files/47892347885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jj-metals.com/userfiles/file/2021090202112073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/majixeramemupofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.my/images/users/00000000/files/98969067768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turbooto.vn/upload/files/43091663789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b7df1ec4028ae452bcfe04ef7a51be4/bilexudarudibudolusukuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.winsum.frl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11385844106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu78.ru/userfiles/file/90588099833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/57640825028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deqrnckjdmequli3b1srhumbk2/kevapadinizamobimenagim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c500f7723b4a14148a6e913ef731319/75436458553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nirkongrp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/polemudijimamejizudejuzil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlineticketreview.com/images/file/zudinotapuvevajawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=hack+apk+mod+menu+free+firePDF 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_off0000c688.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC688 17036 bytes
SHA-256: 0d0e9ba1e14cd44418a17c773d56faf2efb2a6685fb49a0fa46f5248b77c4830
font_01_sfnt_off0000f293.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF293 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010aaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AAA 10652 bytes
SHA-256: d47d9be4a01187fba4834e09747c1b3527abca1e3df39bd61fe785a795c19499