Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7ab978c49c60470…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 09:31:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 48f68fd9373f0124eb4ef1f3226d3394 SHA-1: 774b797ff41baf8a4f42b942c2c71179badf93ff SHA-256: e7ab978c49c604705ea0c3b9ce98a90b68371c6927687a7a7da666ff81e224bf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9709

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hunter+x+hunter+android+wallpaper PDF link annotation
    • http://singer-island-condos.com/userfiles/files/24708844780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f057aeef79f4d4bf95e97e9c6f1a7332/bunomasopuvolav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ee04234006---dupumelerow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bc8d032b73---69655737038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sirmamedia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19393063727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--22cjbbm2eyae3ehabdb4kqdtae3dxnnc1fhf.com/user_img/files/botevapoketabowomigek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroteam.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tafadat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fuze-pay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36700815844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90afqerdlt1f.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40916616301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dunakeszi.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/96660148148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chiringuitomediterraneo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63088077913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/90047473972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ed2f1094b4---77758735158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjatupornservices.com/file_media/file_image/file/xodixare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubelsendero.com/img_pag/file/1027257354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vijyaiprismcrm.com/userfiles/files/karirag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613265a1a965d---48499734628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degrossier.nl/uploads/file/69333869759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hissekurban.com/resimler/files/tinilewajudadajaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sapin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehouseconcert.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vukuzezipipod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc4506637d0122e1cda3ab2c24e3d39e/42152001301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsbettingconsultants.net/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6791994041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservice.com/uploads/files/dunabatajoroxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/304ebd5122228d70eb89c12bf7f5ab07/98553627545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbfeahwarn6ac1adp3fb2p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/25531727864.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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cc1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC1C 10600 bytes
SHA-256: bc62aee3a2f72f9f5f3c715dbd86b710e98048c47d200e86e761943c6d0fcaa2
font_01_sfnt_off0000e42f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE42F 1820 bytes
SHA-256: ef4c56b83544acc0eae329b123dcb13384a4443b8ee25b6b011fcec9f25c534c
font_02_sfnt_off0000ecb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB4 16204 bytes
SHA-256: c22e55149c85bc86a1323027fb7e6ccea7b7f613c8052f9a9db4aa1b968bf110
font_03_sfnt_off0001027f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1027F 21116 bytes
SHA-256: c6c86e72b9faa7bd610cd430a6375ea664a0aee0afbc9a93834e2bf91077a791
font_04_sfnt_off000138c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1