Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7e41ddba97d344e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:04:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1a4dc383410d878f1c376b2b013f0bd9 SHA-1: 78ccf155b28f1cb7b8cc227fa1a1857e87837f8e SHA-256: c7e41ddba97d344eed1242c33f5d19949eff9afebe949a9e19244446a3e91bb5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. This suggests the PDF is designed to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=biographie+l%C3%A9opold+s%C3%A9dar+senghor+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://campermagazine.tv/public/file/tijuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160faa34678322---49415837654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/nivemelizev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dikonitibomevadatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/46607718040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c6e99217d4---kanugamin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cottoneauto.it/userfiles/files/fobamevatugokijazuril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ski-experience-japan.com/images/blog//file/32529885833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awkontrakt.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/metilumesusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centreforeffectivecoaching.com/media/file/29488266636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stolizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/82958649378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/52607186052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/263dc0b29ec065b090e0b23f7aa91b95/xusunikixaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871bb240452---75728097862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebaldebaran.eu/userfiles/files/peluginupovixunufupokape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/goc5gl1rh3okgeja25c5nc7gp7/12068509183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c59c3a8ef83---40584674141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldprint.su/userfiles/file/datuwibanom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianoinprimopianofestival.com/uploads/file/nolazinijomuvogofivusedev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocchame.vn/app/webroot/img/uploads/files/kebatinuwododasotemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonacorsi.it/file/bibufutapixosujaguve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geerhannutpourreussir.be/docs/upload/files/28160832251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shahnawazonline.com/uploads/files/72040818794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c79b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC79B 19936 bytes
SHA-256: 0571f4112a9d3eea96f19ba4a7a34b28bafde42837ec537ee443d713ac405009
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001123d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1123D 10884 bytes
SHA-256: e42794a6ef0297bedf8c7d4b027994b5ca7dbe672660cf01d181cecde8448c47