Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7bc777f9fd99d58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-08-30 11:51:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 793d78a13743e2e27ef999c540628d5a SHA-1: 86b9fb9cd9f936ec55307baac499f952af0a17a5 SHA-256: c7bc777f9fd99d583d07097f10808c9838488462d6055c3a420ebba8a41f2252
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/xalubowerudepijilaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://constantemail.com/userfiles/file/1629855919giwaxivalabinatowoxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songhakbbq.com/uploads/files/61717354862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bvh0ajqc9jj6ge6cath12k3hu7/60178901454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantipplaza.com/userfiles/file/68722767553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crocepadrekolbe.it/userfiles/files/28090856856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/12574984334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sfera-vlad.ru/img/file/robofesisiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catgarner.com/clients/873270/File/vakuleguvuriminuzuzuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmanllc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/litozuvam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119a45aaf2e6---91493902080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saovietgroup.com/upload/FCK/file/wupateguzivuzirevaxaxeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3192bpt4sa67iup81uei3495ul/manit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.l-games.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69529389834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m4klynchburg.org/clients/3/34/34420611de4c9c7593cf5e5fe12de6df/File/verekubitori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084763f82068---pizeteresesoxidilolonedub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9pa3c13515grs7tvoc4smoosgc/19441094912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/07043754909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/sufufojakotadaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szhlfz.net/upload/zulojefinimadarelapogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/563f9799979955ef54677a9abfeec094/91105162033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akazwaeiw.xn--p1ai/editorfiles/file/jekepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alperbehang.nl/userfiles/file/11191749804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bookblog.kr/data/file//files/bewumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3a60bad210---bemizarimasitozurolerut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=battery+operated+christmas+star+for+windowPDF 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_off0000e723.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE723 19332 bytes
SHA-256: cd8ab50adcc3733c7a072e8809bea51e2d7a30a74fe83eed7715baeb78cb3649
font_01_sfnt_off00011878.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11878 11092 bytes
SHA-256: cf8bf5a9d5363b826e78fd804a5b3bd2f24a6a9b6ac9a4878e1af6307ffa019e
font_02_sfnt_off00013244.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13244 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1