Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7d62c5235854270…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-24 19:20:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6b6df7173f74846c08569e005cd440e1 SHA-1: 335daacf1a272d09c5a3164008c293a7cf68168d SHA-256: f7d62c5235854270800e478b6c7a52bb83d5257b5f7551e779797c8b20630b57
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is flagged as a link farm, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded JavaScript further supports malicious intent, potentially for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness.

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=data+and+computer+communications+william+stallings+pdf
    • http://hostingureitings.lv/uploads/userfiles/files/masusad.pdf
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/lataborobikusisijasejisi.pdf
    • http://artgraf24.pl/userfiles/file/xelexofinalef.pdf
    • https://tgvl.in/uploads/fck/files/fagobogavedemimafixeba.pdf
    • http://snap-drone.com/userfiles/file/bibejadumukagamutosenu.pdf
    • https://futurefacesmiami.com/uploads/file/tijumonix.pdf
    • http://elandtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_4CE1D7FE8B40B71D.pdf
    • http://mascotdd.com/file_media/file_image/file/41091829690.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bd7ac40248---61643081653.pdf
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b05e1f0ef8---27553240390.pdf
    • http://monarchiaerembolt.hu/tmp/27010576788.pdf
    • http://geteffective.biz/uploadfiles/file/67798336979.pdf
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28734414539.pdf
    • http://www.umadai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vedatabuzixojov.pdf
    • http://xn--tnqz8hz5cb8l.com/upload/files/ligej.pdf
    • http://iraneto.com/basefile/iranetocom/files/89455782696.pdf
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613970c25b0eb---xinobekimepogalibusowoxe.pdf
    • https://deltarents.com/upload/ckfinder/files/71623018821.pdf
    • http://mskabel.cz/UserFiles/File/81493477827.pdf
    • http://3mfa.com/images/editor/files/rikoj.pdf
    • https://posetili.ru/userfiles/file/59027980531.pdf
    • http://3dprofi.net/images/uploads/file/xefawular.pdf
    • http://iphonedown.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nofegerikojurovajuw.pdf
    • https://cakesandcupcakes.net/userfiles/files/xugasekupogu.pdf
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c3230c5ea20e99dccb8052c60946c6a/1726882407.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b1a6.bin
40e94bd978990d3924e8e252a39f9572424de23a2f61ccaf03ba3324fb1e8f59
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1A6 11152 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb87.bin
5581332a6f0933dae3f80cb72a98af023ad5edc567ec2b51102749a23a54d088
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB87 14764 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f120.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF120 16792 bytes