Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7e94bfb61cf21d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:10:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6b53c04ec03a4fab3f389ea5572827fb SHA-1: 03b2a7181fec7da3879afe0163b8327b933e9550 SHA-256: d7e94bfb61cf21d342429a1055958abe1f879005d6078e840c9d9599c636873a
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to potentially compromised domains and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a link farm on compromised CMS upload storage and the ML classifier's high confidence score further support this assessment. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 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 http://faizleathergloves.com/userfiles/files/dogomunow.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hsof38cgcrvqp2q7eethkgjt1mf2tt1o/88306255230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9ac1a512d---regafozezariwedofaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbfilm.ca/resimler/files/mofudomosojopuzete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/830766ddb5756c4d4049beddaf22e5c2/kadenepujulalajonixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangvetthuong.com/luutru/files/setibagis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kramor.bg/userfiles/file/86990131032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/33075354130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/74310907275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnersdigest.org/userfiles/file/61312660269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamokugrofa.sk/admin/fckeditor/file/14891853629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blogsma.com/files/55054623985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i8ja0naboq1emjn0ljeh0nrdo5/33070154543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsolisp.com/files/file/gajufuwoxazipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxbrio.kr/files/files/najiriwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c00c3036fd7---kavutorolozevokabefafile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/famusozuxofibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grubstreet.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81084982107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/59545274403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a62c4588a90---86501053844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.disbel.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63727837796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/2793278974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windmill-bv.com/userfiles/files/62292568446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/33875514671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phanphoiongnhuahoasen.vn/upload/files/12392185338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwbaltimore.com/uploads/files/59675176023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+a+new+row+in+excel+cellPDF 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_off0000daee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAEE 20404 bytes
SHA-256: 1b0649a9b03ed6ed48eb29c0491a2104b30626542c38640db781cc60aaedc20f
font_01_sfnt_off00010ecf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ECF 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 96b713d6d45eef190207815f7390c63f09701f53608deb0459625a37ee70173d
font_02_sfnt_off000126a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1