Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d120fd617c748f26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-08-13 04:52:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 7cf4ee0522d8cc88833690a2c8e65995 SHA-1: 37b378801587537736b035df319b47e13280f908 SHA-256: d120fd617c748f26be9ef0a7d31682d2952239f599af92c32f4d71f9f2f308c3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript 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, 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 0.9979

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+main+theme+of+the+boy+in+the+striped+pajamas PDF link annotation
    • https://instalacje-elektryczne.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70357472768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pk.mo/userfiles/file/vekudikapomuvumebalupuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghhs1968.com/clients/5/57/5762190d0a265df614d1f295a7060a42/File/muxeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609764fadadb7---tolupixowelibuxevezenopoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilocom.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94752426717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ed82d352c---dofawavijadejedid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4s47tdl95mqcnbe87f24v5pb9/xumezobitoxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9aefcc1ce1---57084244108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbbgprpk7biiq.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guxakiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810a43e2b85---zopadufavinonike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/debikimanamusetur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rt-totaalafbouw.nl/userfiles/file/73926873106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/korasreifeis8inh7c8blbgo92/jipugufaxakekuminuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/porupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b1da2da1d---tujanazalovamowuwadem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea3b437b88---famowiretuguwiwevugufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elma1.ru/!upload/files/63038621731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pik7f5e3gnb6no4gu1kaupmtv5/tuvasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiddeefire.com/media/userfiles/files/32317391269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksklinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jatefegudozebuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbhsreunion.com/clients/21010/File/48125203558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4cce3ac1b---63561417613.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_off0000f3f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3F7 17724 bytes
SHA-256: ed0ccbf2a23626f9b9750e6b8689b21f46466fcf4266bb59aec044531fd4e19e
font_01_sfnt_off0001220b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1220B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A22 11092 bytes
SHA-256: b915720c30b5507c332d901aa06685adb03a66601caea4cc7399ff943bdb09fa