Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7b60f3c6cd42e70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:56:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ac053d70294b179055201ce8baf0d868 SHA-1: ba20eace8b1e51a612a435dd5b4ab023bb4cb632 SHA-256: d7b60f3c6cd42e7033722b1bfc032ecc4407b8df858229a301662df391207d23
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to exploit browser vulnerabilities or execute malicious code.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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://uclerbaklava.com/resources/file/174218194.pdf
    • https://mimpiindahsatu.com/contents/files/zezezotobeburulijut.pdf
    • http://rrarental.org/upload/file/83310305868.pdf
    • https://afra24.com/basefile/afra24/files/powuxinuberix.pdf
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607289aad7ad7---13811038555.pdf
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d8ad6300eb---sutamuwager.pdf
    • http://logenamerica.com/userfiles/file/13576241398.pdf
    • http://hamzalegalservices.com/userfiles/file/wiponomufubaru.pdf
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d48d68918b---82010713285.pdf
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18d1db7acf1207c8e1661935b14302ac/44752367698.pdf
    • https://12shio2.com/contents//files/vuzabizidaxa.pdf
    • https://reparationmobile.net/userfiles/file/namog.pdf
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c1d2f588ce071ae494fb25e901d2a94/20038234462.pdf
    • https://blokhol.com/upload/files/16974984900.pdf
    • http://refta-bg.com/userfiles/file/56812422577.pdf
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/perizafalobeserexopuko.pdf
    • https://rpdev.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miranizemokurepimigezuw.pdf
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/tosifulixigupulad.pdf
    • http://glotecgh.com/upload/editor/file/46884405670.pdf
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27808645465.pdf
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/521aeadaf8e72fab5172478828c43513/jifagowavirob.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=blood+test+lab+in+rs+puram
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cf93.bin
a516043720bb7fab6f992b6945ffe40893c0c4a552a3e0b7e413b316c0cef9c2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF93 20052 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000102a5.bin
82f9c33e89edefd35521e7bf0fa561ef5a7bcbfa942d35195776e4ca096fd2f6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102A5 10844 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011b6f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B6F 16792 bytes