Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7c593a780441256…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:20:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9a61045f79e92653730f3cb8b2e4c1af SHA-1: f56cce43e82e9d98e6f492722ee2b907e02cce9e SHA-256: c7c593a7804412567d6d1f93c7a11487d9430775222c6899f968a5f9cc981920
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. These links likely serve to redirect users to download further malicious payloads, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

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://meesens.be/KrMee/Tekstverwerker/51328724318.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/21668532974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jakebenmd.com/clients/0/0e/0eef9d569b11303d075d19626cc6f958/File/11261347653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-ruiyangcpa.com/userfiles/file/2021-7///202178106404928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3cf1752a42---mamifoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089d8fc5fb06---xasagapuselutebofifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///pedigotosoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123a47fad09f---neninilomugezaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/jonuvepigonaveradu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7bd588833e52a085384b195627da116/32880981110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa87ce7b88---xewuborurerabifexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d809njcc14j6erhpb32sk3a633/tisalewemabifiromo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/80814043042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.conectadoscomdeus.tv/arquivos/file/32276378727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcmcpropertyblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bd8c02343d986ff71b39ee729d6785e/borunudetabefisupuziwebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stillincontact.com/images/mails/file/70232091362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/demavusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wu-pao.com/upfiles/editor/files/xiguzup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prttour.ca/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210708_D6A1A0195ABA8CA9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/94716243337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ccd95f1eef---17575987197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/178702769460a606dcd943f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/revuvizuxepiranereguwekew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=the+castle+of+otranto+summary+pdfPDF 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_off0000e9fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9FE 18032 bytes
SHA-256: 45536d1a2101c5f020cfe5e195ef53330a208cb40e3c21fe610de883a5081447
font_01_sfnt_off000118e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000130fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130FE 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 3cd74cff3714e1857f19d65433bc49e5d67ad60baef3bac016c5f1ac1e936370