Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7ee440cca11a556…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 16:28:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9aabdc6e0f73a0f41b3b89c9be3a0236 SHA-1: 1109e02195ab9a221ec4cae5e31fcb8aa044cd81 SHA-256: d7ee440cca11a556bf19c9de5a9dea757f5b72c60e84f18ea442dff94c0fea57
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No specific family could be identified.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161422eaf4ea05---kuxolawaxelirawagoruf.pdf
    • https://lwim-ouargla.dz/ar/files/53289544081.pdf
    • https://toyotaautobody.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98023931268.pdf
    • http://secondhandgraphics.com/usrfiles/file/guzemenagazapeguwajug.pdf
    • http://szerecsengyogyszertar.hu/editor_up/mikusanijovurufovekux.pdf
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ef50b8e817---sisuramexeriv.pdf
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/molazos.pdf
    • http://velomagazin.hu/UserFiles/file/dikiwus.pdf
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ce7e36058d4fef399f117d30feb5ffd/96876245187.pdf
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32810009252.pdf
    • http://rotarybrescello.it/userfiles/files/4616360198.pdf
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141e840bac48---batabazovezalid.pdf
    • http://ds-dq.com/uploadfile/1632139128.pdf
    • https://serka.com/serka/upload/files/gogozajuguvivugelejidugef.pdf
    • http://srtprogetti.eu/userfiles/files/viwakizinabasodozevo.pdf
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141d799de25f---pajiwe.pdf
    • https://iwanbim.iwan.co/userfiles/files/kikigidudikatibejifono.pdf
    • https://essaidafm.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/63918625757.pdf
    • http://jawarakreasi.com/file/75186773251.pdf
    • https://ecoverservice.be/gallery/file/87119228675.pdf
    • https://linker.tw/files/64638569024.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=the+walking+dead+season+10+episode+17+online
    • 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_off0000fd42.bin
aebd2b2492fbe253ca96945b311ac07d7fba4c08ef21e5745cb666e18d176c2b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD42 10836 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011612.bin
bcf82ebfed321b6c259ed2ab8f3f60e6840b856f99cffc177463a370cf468d64
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11612 19444 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000148c5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148C5 16792 bytes