Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7b92b1e279130f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-12 07:08:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f64e8a6032a2e2ba5c4e1a5b46e0e408 SHA-1: 1075183b673fffac9cb52e3f5720d916fbfdf286 SHA-256: c7b92b1e279130f24e86ee163785da1bd743f6d9c0ca2a1fc1922dc0da460b32
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://dichvuhangngay.vn/uploads/image/files/99406728815.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://serpavenger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sivobemokidepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/dejuxilibigatasuzasapufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texinpack.com/uploadfile/file///2021090702515429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iacsglobal.iacsinfo.org/content/uploads/files/jugisaxidub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhyuk.com/imhyukeditor/userfile/file/26233238811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitabrasive.ro/editor_up/60138957185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134d60bab9de---vipikizarasufalanaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613888f63e301---66707011344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.humillacionyestrella.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78239872505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d62527354---pozoresazexizakaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slbreakingnews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71044417870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xtremefitness.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tepomefinarilafaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escrima-rlp.de/userfiles/file/xazozomigagaxamimevip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur4.com/contents/files/jasenibefazudorup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905011317581542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badischer-kunstverein.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xexenimasuvobuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95218948506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melabo.com/upload/files/tadunapafuvax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.extramas.com/userfiles/files/bufikasiraredukagebukijot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldsunjsc.com/upload/files/gelopuxodamumitoxuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laiyi-art.com/userfiles/file/28314069963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/rokifirakuruvasokujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purepoem.com/resource/docContentImg/file/2021-09-01/2334d6754b23862f24ba508cd0482442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=words+i+can+makePDF 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_off0000b8cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8CF 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 8f00eb9f8fbd46a688ee4f5842d77f637089558a2b90374d8a4b271f986f92ee
font_01_sfnt_off0000d096.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD096 16100 bytes
SHA-256: e566672a06df32fcac0f270cb5d5501ebf336ead41324c6a8781de6e2379af4f
font_02_sfnt_off0000f996.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF996 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1