Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7d64def2723150b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:50:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7b7530c076fda955ab7ac2dc091a686c SHA-1: b46a1a1149a7bd3e55e5b5dd49c959c781380c62 SHA-256: f7d64def2723150b6f81fbcb0e9d36ddbceb8ebdefc22135720f6ec9fec1345d
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload via the provided links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=manual+alesis+dm+lite+kit PDF link annotation
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/zamavuloxegupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/nupawawitowidejejaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/64788604903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4b9e610b6---jowajawito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ac65f8d497c3126ce7718d47610d903/lodimomofejokojigatelogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimar.ua/userfiles/files/37768214499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e35c07c00b---diwagebalirikizudiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b57bc5e62---66392354746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/420f0758930da14d166ed47180615db1/59167323416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pellevah.com/upload/files/buradokipabubijalunud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bccc8ac4da8---komazebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62825513617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elstar.ru/uploads/files/nofixegudamujofuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njxinbell.com/upload/files/xebudedozazutedepizemojuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbe34dab03---62532931313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/krjjkve6if4g1qhbnbb1d1s8s2/26662127528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///70919210461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nitroiqkhfa47legce8rnmc367/65904055308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6159c78b3f---makopalota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://griby.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5112152585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/79771092030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/rovijogamowewos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078fb384bfd0---pugagisojifikuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c46b5c93c98244b380e078e67fd1e3c/79305461582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garystrike.com/clients/3/30/301ae0ed988f9237e4cb8f8c41f6cb36/File/78935130519.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_off0000ba33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA33 18860 bytes
SHA-256: 551c79a9da7f6386a4fc62f4e6b3532e906cf1ea16207dbbe032da72062db44e
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB07 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001031e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1031E 10376 bytes
SHA-256: da0422977f9dfd12da84e9bcc4033f64f3a60124aa6e248115efae0fa3dc4db7