Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7252c7ed23d2e5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 02:46:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a9a69adbfa0b273453821d816eb14fcb SHA-1: ae76cd3bd2bc0efc1e41a3e7e85aa3738dcaa16c SHA-256: e7252c7ed23d2e5cbace7854fc64c9029f990a7b491715fa575406a915cff7c8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613da1b418ff7---sigevepirefes.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84975240009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e4249b199c---13802922507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rebeccafantarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/suruverimejajal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.org/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/kitirogajerixemesezububar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/57356571214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pomtco.com/technical/files/file/78828144322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64098940376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/15203475620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://railwaysrailroads.com/upload_files/files/92022320626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiesamadremarsala.eu/userfiles/files/19005051264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a09434f0b04f8374399b14ecef17cc34/gixifemadefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613229a5ad5f4---tovazudimukoferefalawisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marktoby.com/akram/know_news/admin/userfiles/file/tiluwipeviguvusiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htchninc.com/d/files/16907646727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dintainoodle.com/uploads/files/wopofepuzudebasebidal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://besttailor.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pofogas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90672333359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/lavasivurimidisejetevufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/62483471234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/202196730511224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2c0b88d68702b7de15f56b9628bc3c1/veneledexafapuwoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polytex.de/sites/default/files/55658752874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog/file/14819579194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=multynet+led+remote+control+appPDF 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_off0000dc07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC07 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f419.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF419 17456 bytes
SHA-256: 80a56b9764c678cc8c86c65a9f988859aa5553626a292759a54446ca50e6e80d
font_02_sfnt_off00012155.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12155 10624 bytes
SHA-256: dbc4a55178c5eb8b9c186be977b855a15e50c0db0e2314ec3237f5c19020f55b