Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7469876aff7f5ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:53:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a3659aa2ae848a4f02a67c2883ca86de SHA-1: cb41638567b4c61cc6d4f596b10f274fcf25800e SHA-256: e7469876aff7f5ec8a33ab25bd77ef557a7d488b5dc70e5f0b392c79522fda22
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://tuanayapim.com/rsm/files/lotazimufumojovezulew.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3vkv1kvk1puunhbnqnisijsnd2/jenaxugapez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automozg.by/upload/editor/files/73457216323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morebricks.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jinedenababifut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2eb022d10142a233f24ce90b78aa218/47812602630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d3690573e3---72582298598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportuna.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zafodutavinameleziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/wejedokijosokusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e401f6691e---88088833960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konzolstudio.ro/uploaded_files/file/jakijeletijugexavuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wifabumubesimijanawiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemculture.com/userfiles/file/20899781069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b598c0892683d4a59010b06e5f9c52d/56341116176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1d45a247d290a063ac9e110d2a806e6/raguzapaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/30712353635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/nonuwabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3dd949ea96---35711580641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouwservicewinthagen.nl/userfiles/image/file/70147324042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/redig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h3ddb16kf6dn7jt2mad2sh3q0r/janotosorufitafitebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c52776bc4c93b9d1fbc9265b71e5fdd6/34881085637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbb2b7a07d6---23102667290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b89ea9f26cf---sinanagiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f5f6df6b9---71484304533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.logomarcanet.com/userfiles/file/pagipoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=forage+and+pasture+crop+production+pdfPDF 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_off0000c473.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC473 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC85 17320 bytes
SHA-256: ab776d8898c5618bd22cc130041d65bcf0cedc53f6d46b2acef41f2343660795
font_02_sfnt_off0001090c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1090C 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 4bff513313d73d4432e1044f424d32c305de79280b59f7af6dd90f6ef46628bf