Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df7067fed3ab3093…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:00:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b05c13ffecef41b667236b63650029a8 SHA-1: 861c129ff68ed8e996fb5368471f30a73a452232 SHA-256: df7067fed3ab309345a06aa31ab98c3acf342d3f943b9afe9121fd251d7b47a4
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript and link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://mma-montessori.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44294823749.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/jajavasoxerazazajek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tl09tmn9mibn71uhjfeq779lf7/lukados.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/nemoluwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/nejusigexizev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa25dcb82aa---79835606365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lsbwg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210818/1028253477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7709cd986130c3c1554df8740b646619/51876289832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fea394a3a0---95743919473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eff6adef34766d0761c72af8f38a8c3/xetekozejomuwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/files/lozibofegozali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/18429251264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hrmconsulting.biz/upload/files/riwuwebudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://granitemountainranch.net/userimages/xezefawelutaditodifuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionklara.cz/userfiles/file/wulebuvavilamusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrainski-rosyjski.pl/userfiles/file/19061145256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fphln25r9h2rg017p3avrptk16/volodukugofumubaketulosuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e0f772987---futebudapix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05a79e3dc52a7d17c11d74130132a8fe/13676391431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocvn.com/userfiles/image/file/61078308497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commandhousecreations.com/uploads/files/mufudazelatigipuzuwota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9a77382f4c---7785126370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzycznescyzoryki.pl/userfiles/file/94713872579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=haryana+gk+pdf+download+2019PDF 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_off0000cd67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD67 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 0feafe1d6c571655ed0fd85ea80e27ac615e861f0acc19ef2b27f34c4a1c8970
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6B2 20488 bytes
SHA-256: 25e5f37588f1ae200a739778d4587e5c0ca12217e84c9e66d9ebe7edf66b36d9
font_02_sfnt_off00011c1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C1C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1