Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7cb9f3f93f9d65a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-08-10 09:59:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ce276c0c720d73b7e7f632d2909a4601 SHA-1: 8db79043691586b73147bc9ff84421160e19ea9a SHA-256: f7cb9f3f93f9d65a3aadc0826838f00111b6831fa84b971b1a6f084b16fbdd07
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It 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 presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or perform malicious actions within the document viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://indikino.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46243595958.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a41eb3310---ruwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lashharmony.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j1qdib66evenmtqfkndkck2on4/73448630846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcdc6583562---23228979507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gabinetpro.pl/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/zazomenej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannails.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/91131524406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velkoobchod-man.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nolefogag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapluonech.com/upload/files/85142730514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610f5fb789c83---12955299013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7caf8557b26e98f141b13d78a4e23a10/gosubagokekovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35df5159e9c37bfb51be21f8c0bf2bee/95504957865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adasms.fr/userfiles/file/14555977277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607eada491ea1---67976841586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espace-hotelier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mipom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51818643307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161108b99b44fb---tosugovibazegimogose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c90f6744f1---wefewepukalugulabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amthanhanhsangchinhhang.vn/upload/files/35583153388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6o5q7eri02m7pgk3qnvkhfso4/gipotana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.com/upload/editor/file/72978208598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartraoptics.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/xejezijuwel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607080e7873ce---48497495002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=kindergarten+reading+books+pdf+freePDF link annotation
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/tegavanokonakorub.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_off0000ed2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED2F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010546.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10546 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 0e637194355574f6d6cfea7ea150426d94fb63b5a7c2510ceec397a16ca2ef36
font_02_sfnt_off00011e00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E00 17500 bytes
SHA-256: 99409cca7b3165aedb902baf81ccd8063b61b6fcd8029d2599c24085763c2992