Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7ed1b3f0ba464e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 15:59:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1897df77d1aabd023cef8622fd47eb5f SHA-1: 55336a877f2fe2028b51bb465630957a952fe4ea SHA-256: d7ed1b3f0ba464e309000b8221de371ad2f617c846030648062e2f7c80231e60
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading additional payloads or exploiting browser vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://crownprolaw.cn/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/29856965052.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pomijeditox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f6b503582f---famedozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastcity.hu/ufiles/file/49193895873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shlawllc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/89137821325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jerogezupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peintures-descours.fr/fichier/files/pejafejoguxixowanoxaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertbah.si/files/file/12490209318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tgvl.in/uploads/fck/files/gasikorubizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzmzwl.com/Uploadfiles/files/letuxeligemurad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://33mobility.net/uploads/files/nopip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rts-wm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45605996668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://an-ocn.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wufosisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142d9e2571a7---fevekaburogesobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f059c7f4e6695d022e29c15301aa94c/5806616375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://navigator-nsk.ru/userfiles/file/64662869373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138812e60ac1---monejugenogefujote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musikpark-live.de/userfiles/file/89246566377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ee78e70dc1---gaxozokowatawajas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzion-palice.cz/content/66329688144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtravel.clickis.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210914_478E81193D64AFB7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/16293404906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pre-www.bridge-academy.com/uploaded/ckeditor/files/52027387632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c47d17c20---zisenofimoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=fs+14+hack+game+unlimited+moneyPDF 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_off0000f0b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0B8 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 9be6b8feb9f1237e2b555ac5cde250e05aa23ef95efc50219b0f733c5b6e2c76
font_01_sfnt_off00010a63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A63 18856 bytes
SHA-256: 8eb52a94ffcef928d8718abf0111617f7cd7c3f4650a04977a128a6599c0a67a
font_02_sfnt_off00013b6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B6D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1