Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f783d7cf367c127d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-28 23:35:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: dff68d55d35f19a3c1c6c73df673bd00 SHA-1: 757eacc95be9549af8fa6006190a6fc4c5e1ef88 SHA-256: f783d7cf367c127db93b99009de8e1fec42c5f9a59d79bf66739deb35378a741
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, including those hosted on compromised WordPress sites, strongly indicates malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support this, flagging the PDF as malicious and a phishing trojan. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://tekdalyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/95946840812.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fecoil.com/userfiles/file/wuxifawogutul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613332a17eb06---zabepet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synfarm.com/upload/files/28903606239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161491118bf640---55829470167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhledtran.com/luutru/files/27057783409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikra-ekb.ru/files/fckeditor/file/sujimozivemiteku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614acc2299b9b---75624734597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkpneu.cz/userfiles/file/xikokisexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.ru/d/files/52873935713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djecijagarderoba.me/userfiles/file/64273493788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qbcar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73565042854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka23.ru/upload/m/wisowikiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsm62.org/uploads/news/file/49496019564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ymmicro.com/files/files/13502501652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happy-land.hu/editor_up/vevusogoruziduretesidanef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/vutukuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/jedowezepam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://priscar.com/documents/files/fanakolekaredovuvijaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hqdtbvfc5troqu9km40fp4lp23/32834216627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gospel-streams.com/asset/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25374518595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.artikel238.nl/emmwebbit/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jatoxeximasegodofovidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koopmankennedyfeller.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kogelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sujitonweb.com/userfiles/files/60786723741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faithleader.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gutitupogagegelofofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=top+eleven+mod+token+apkPDF 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_off0000b0da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8F1 10316 bytes
SHA-256: 4db059c8e9aa35140f8e625daf7eadabc1082f7df7527dbf7c9ea2df175b04c4
font_02_sfnt_off0000e036.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE036 15284 bytes
SHA-256: e9aca33dd61385dc5afe481e597e75f6ca09788d13758d1e7127f055a5bcae48