Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7b5063d3ecf4284…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-24 11:44:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: d26afc84eedd5b6d1ffb0cd9cdda8c0e SHA-1: 4ea2f196b1354a5f468b442842454c32f15f3155 SHA-256: f7b5063d3ecf4284992b2324d694425043953fbc82312ed998bcc2effdf8daf0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the redirection or initiate a malicious download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=open+android+app+in+chrome PDF link annotation
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7cb37b0f90b2ad6e319dbd042997c3d/8706632425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukrarska-vyroba.cz/UserFiles/File/tofepufumelema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeguvietnam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/364512617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dribblebar.pl/userfiles/file/18168198459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoitruyengiaocodocvietnam.com/uploads/image/files/4763762545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-songshi.com/admin/upimg/file///70721437744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptsound.com/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6680817634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verynailscm.com/user_img/file/rubudebenesixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/xojugotubamibupiter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613399a4e2a90---jusamuxemulavaguta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148a6a357765---divozowokukituwifoxitulaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.it/uploads/ck_editor/files/zosadokezapagavojazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c0533c762---52158890693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.group/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///88155657166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakesandcupcakes.net/userfiles/files/72668250471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139d052a7ea6---63259571333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.studiorosaliabusco.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fotorugaxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/diwow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uts.edu.co/portal/app/ckfinder/userfiles/files/darogalibedonakiwoxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.logistiekverbeteren.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wolibirabopilusadiwepejaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oldmotorsclub.com/files/file/pirubaxaseparidifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bosingels.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44059631710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/kaxosoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balade-pierry.fr/userfiles/file/newesemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cck-brno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gabuvafagufonogivux.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e1db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1DB 16652 bytes
SHA-256: 78016b9fb9c488513162684e17dd252cf20f1e7d1b0c74fe95ba680eff37287a
font_01_sfnt_off00010ca5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CA5 10492 bytes
SHA-256: aff4b536160baf8f0bd966b84427c2d663974e41097065b66388acbeff3fd96c
font_02_sfnt_off00012439.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12439 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1