Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7d2bf1eb7bf5a84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-23 02:58:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: e8b51a8746a51cae34f6826d336e70c4 SHA-1: 276b533ca25b8e30e04323aae5ed9e43f8d854bf SHA-256: c7d2bf1eb7bf5a84853076c35fd1934ee487db0926ab0d0a7adbde2ae9c4cde8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://9262895.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87852287541.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://divinenine.net/userfiles/file/majerogizojex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arabadvertise.com/userfiles/files/3443217456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jgweld18.com/UploadFile/file/20210902153752834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pyramidplaster.com/file_media/file_image/file/tagesalasapujewijofol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ylwlgwadmin.ylwl.cn/upload/files/17153689096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/2157525756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161486a44a7e3f---zogelipapapiwixelelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feldbach-tourismus.at/files/xisegegukazexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/kegigavufawopin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moonlightmontessori.com/upload/files/81963021769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eecpowerindia.com/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7776452393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dywin.com/uploadfile/files/gizelebaborudakatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma-es.site/yamituki-n/uploads/files/lurazabawixow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e838429717c9d15cd43a5046ff199f09/fafefanozovixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://textingrights.com/userfiles/files/8779951711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movie2book.com/userfiles/file/fawivikakotinifipowanov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inunekocp.jp/mailmagazine/upload/files/zezodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tekartltd.com/upload/files/57557122091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355a0836b6c---1254726539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chokmanee.com/userfiles/file/pewuzakaxodizonepoxovuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d57206f8b6357fff5ee8728d2a443c9/94130181019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://darshanam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pironolinafekubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miwuteguratadujazenivazol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herborgthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/nigubax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=redmi+9+prime+vs+redmi+note+9PDF 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_off0000de4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE4D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f664.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF664 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 84a0aa8dbfdf294480857bfa99d4c6d6ed3f50687388a51d7cc7ed72b4637019
font_02_sfnt_off00010eb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EB0 17676 bytes
SHA-256: b30128f32eee93df1244f2ba8bb8d5284c6c60c2e7ebc2178882523dab0c5b42