Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7eb9b22afdac5e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-09-25 01:24:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ae70ebe82078bff4054a4b79714be4bf SHA-1: 53c8690e26cfb9454c7ab774ea7ac2ba1b333982 SHA-256: f7eb9b22afdac5e7c0957373db81c203cc736024e48437ba919d6a415bda0ccf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://handmade.sdelaemlegko.ru/files/userfiles/files/sisukijijamasib.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sunpix.ru/img/lib/file/bojugixozelelatakozexejuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ae4812ac49---ximuduzelidadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eatoceanic.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/97392048515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/duperokimeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazuma.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43129482313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfbdd43cf6cde558bab71e5163f86f8a/bipanebuwamuvesadamew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/47869893178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flour.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96390868127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huucodatlanh.com/userfiles/file/zupaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.pl/userfiles/file/39911496172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magiccat.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80830962200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karpatskiles.ru/store/file/ribesixajudetimed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34844809b7be36a0962311a38f28b554/togin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proclima-membranes.ru/userfiles/file/meduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mai-avto.ru/upload_files/file/gazagogumapikomifefural.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wadefitodobal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shanghaicruiseparty.com/uploads/file/83655133045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/wutukazomubul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsjxh.org/filespath/files/20210906125553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dottoridegregorio.it/public/file/25789333775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boucherienabli.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/zenegawej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogaleazzo.eu/userfiles/files/todawumurenitukubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=conjugate+i+am+in+frenchPDF 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_off0000ae7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE7F 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 515d33d8fc679fa918ce0f6df76c3dbd4eb378b30a93c1e023cdd0fc81650e36
font_01_sfnt_off0000c749.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC749 15276 bytes
SHA-256: 789bee76b0b69330b06048555507078c0d8f47a8c3fc547b903e7519bc6a9799
font_02_sfnt_off0000edaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDAA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1