Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7b69b44abb78435…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:50:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 801787a1a3eb386bc065706915163672 SHA-1: 7b32cd40f85763e626e8d3e2db0aab4f11a4b9ac SHA-256: c7b69b44abb78435bd24d409106e4ec024d0cc55ccc3ca926702bd582669835a
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. The presence of multiple links pointing to potentially compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting further indicates a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/84912885077.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef47cab5dd9d239904bdafb68b0182f1/gitofajuwaruka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca1e1483cf9---xusirijadotasironebutin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tplustech.com/images/ckeditor/files/5905303125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baust.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jumedalowegosafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/veguwobofefuboxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sldf6msn169r3vq223f9u9q410/gilatedije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrastone.com/userfiles/files/47983601949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5mal4.de/moneyvidya/web/images/userfiles/file/finokul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c15036c31cd1a7c33d92b175d600cf66/xitinivod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delshadian.com/public/userfiles/file/mefanamozovotisosogom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e3ed652548---vukibegirubipudigogavif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1mosref.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wegokakatolatalunibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125a8ff57352---xusurekawugaluzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1b066c6677---kafosipuzurudev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608530d9bb958---90559082199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160818cbe84aee---gatowididowuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d601bb9d86---43155375594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babijie.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-25/20210825040845894175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afe65af51ae0dfa07f70b38c22892dad/dulexazipuxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spearmanhsreunion.org/clients/e/e1/e1754705b4c076d7cd520c5e9e79ed07/File/33798899204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/wesonarip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/13043387609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=self+admiring+meaningPDF 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_off0000bdd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDD3 19536 bytes
SHA-256: a71f51bf4b50015eee26c2fe0f9ae355efe4db159b7e968c110c57a10560e047
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0B6 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 235301f9d45354c25ef016618e7a12a020cf14b8a67d5e06ad8edf70024dc4bd
font_02_sfnt_off000107eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1