Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc7d6b8ba73c5c5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-24 20:27:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f87d516e98232edeb80284c773ba10cc SHA-1: 9a761f893101204fc94280d45291d643fdfb1af0 SHA-256: dc7d6b8ba73c5c5e4cd75198bfc190298b52641d6765d45807fd48b3ce6b19f0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack. The numerous URLs extracted further support the link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=teologia+del+cuerpo+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://sweetburden.com/upload/users/files/puzejisomasolugolav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scout-educationguide.com/userfiles/file/zexedemedividuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balletpanov.com/uploads/files/kubafamazozubefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuvilutulofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35lesi912jc27sps6hficp1j9o/mojedowaxanufoxotivikusal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://change4best.ru/upload/file/wukovat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56645110251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moiatakashta.com/userfiles/file/nafubezaremi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/399c0d8d070e506a256a89d188c03986/funos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artvideo74.ru/upfiles/files/87557646191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e00f446ec674bbed299c61c13649be8/pamugituvikenomugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eca83e5863---69264520540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sensor4you.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/upload/202109/file/83332622565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xn----9sbkvfu2aex3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rivufuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mskabel.cz/UserFiles/File/konumogofiduxomanedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101balkon.ru/upload/files/67907922305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leprofit.ee/cmsfile/contentfiles/xakupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/594289457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petek.biz/resimler/files/baroxusimuwenuwivejat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/pazolezabulonut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapmaymn.samdigroup.vn/app/webroot/upload/files/95073114822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brukbet.com/user_images/file/77284622320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eminenceinc.com/userfiles/file/98137704329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altera.ukrstroyka.com/content/xuploadimages/file/miramiwijitidipuwaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musluogluotomotiv.com/upload/ckfinder/files/84739590550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://035620126.tw/upload/greenkitchen/files/21668793843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000bfc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFC5 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 4e124d69705e875ea3b7674804060ee8d6cc160c03f4ed89225985a1cc7fdc66
font_01_sfnt_off0000d776.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD776 18480 bytes
SHA-256: f606508f5c65761e1423bd25e6141142c1ef3830734b7d4b9fcfb6ad2289728e
font_02_sfnt_off00010702.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10702 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1