Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7f6b47bb5583c50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-22 21:49:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f6b3c5befb75cdd2b383e221f153ba4d SHA-1: 1c5ece0b87bfe261014a8867ca18977377721c01 SHA-256: c7f6b47bb5583c5031dd21491ff0fc04f01960863cb7a79f95a8fc2fd08d0fca
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick the user into downloading a payload. The presence of a visual download button further supports this phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://tw-sincere.com/upfiles/editor/files/semetadup.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sevinctekstil.com/resimler/files/56013135712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd918148043---55418302715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retroldn.com/userfiles/file/pukajekaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/64031610836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bu1csms55ja1e1kadsck78np67/68725777414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c526a352c8---rusiwumagew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/riribekejubedekar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livingkaneohe.com/userimages/medixokenozilel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e67020d63672a187aeda57fdab5cb60/verof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4nrela796n38raq3kv537stsku/97434468867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prospekt-rostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32349112013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuspsurgeons.com/userfiles/file/zakanudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/dumofuxorunibitezodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fe12b28b0d038136188a4fcd9087107/vumekurifilofepevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biaikatolikus.hu/files/file/36607302654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/absvvj36p9bd8l0049nldj3qv91r90rs/96697381923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8767f5f99d535676c65efe13fa9ebd3/jijewatarogefolibofune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daeryuhealthcare.com/ckupload/files/95694302739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khocabien.com/uploads/files/91325248317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819cd671d0c---30814703744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f876e36b7406892a94ac7ae54077f2af/67335917310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48ac61cedf02c9e865326a80e630e8ed/lamisowexarigiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072939af2928---ziwovezan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+offline+for+android+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000f34b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF34B 10436 bytes
SHA-256: 8eab52ba5642aa7b14ad4c1378c3abf459bc530f7d80a1c081ba5fc5bc550055
font_01_sfnt_off00010b30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012342.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12342 17140 bytes
SHA-256: c4aa8dbe9b8485099042d1972179d3a625dcad9ecf450cc67431f1f33e079d95