Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7a80ad66e49cb6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-10-08 13:50:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 4e986227876aa45637283e3a6bed793a SHA-1: 1f1f98ae009ae8b7b180cc4efe947c8623c08be6 SHA-256: d7a80ad66e49cb6ddeb33fb037a08e32749c135b1ce2eb3741ca308403155b76
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with high-severity heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and links to algorithmically-generated URLs. The PDF contains numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the execution of malicious code or the redirection to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://pristineleather.com/userfiles/file/xejuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chaukitchen.com/uploads/files/pideg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koparieshorvathbusz.hu/files/file/puvuzovamatugosamemozowom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gadesign52.com/uploads/files/202109210428275227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kymenhome-etsinta.net/tiedostot/files/34577196644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thunderesp.com/ckfinder/ckfinder.htmlfiles/watonabegefowepej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xfswchem.com/upload/files/3348486263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksklinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sosozaparadagemed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/fejaruvamefuzodivarosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydunganphubacninh.com/webroot/img/files/xexixik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ditakonilojejisenir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundheit-im-blog.de/userfiles/file/sakadotidudagobibikuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocphuocjsc.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/bebod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161528352363f5---tikusaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesrimaudieres.com/images/uploads/file/kejelukakuruwexinof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/rexalefefawudidufifun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petrduchek.com/files/gumera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161424646af3ab---vevebanigeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://360clothing.in/home/www360cl/public_html/uploads/images/files/25897687990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coming-c.com/userfiles/file/sotamaluxobarilugoguvidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615f6d6ecbd4c---xiwojaguviko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-bialystok.pl/pliki/file/56091969036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerrutistudio.eu/userfiles/files/jitatuliki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmyhship.com/uploadfile/files/29028768835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thic.net/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/garuxaxilojage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=example+for+strong+basePDF 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_off0000d4ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4AD 10832 bytes
SHA-256: ecc3059366ee81071c7b48a6e25a8326e040bcdfebe3dee687c3793212d10c8a
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001058b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1058B 19956 bytes
SHA-256: 144881120fc9f4b8d1356acf6225f3ef056a4f88130e9d96cdfb75cfde29493d