Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd7cf54b14df30f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-10-03 17:22:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: c8367799cd066e2d8d5b0afc62d50e6c SHA-1: c84e788a7b289bb2c5d3477e298d7d9949567c18 SHA-256: fd7cf54b14df30f7f182210463a0135ef60dfb952e65f740668d5b4971912b47
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external URLs, which are characteristic of phishing or malware distribution schemes.

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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=headache+on+one+side+of+head+right PDF link annotation
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d23ee3c9a591e454966b786761de772f/27430296274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drsuthichai.com/userfiles/files/wamonexuwojenigezujov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massiimo.com/piceditor/file/55177267731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka54.ru/upload/m/tizenibofizorosepuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontech.vn/images/ckeditor/files/xarevix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/rusidiwerod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coffeetuanvang.com/Images_upload/files/49929790313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://applecentervn.com/uploads/image/files/mozawojezogetanufunevib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/36352757860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sov.tranovice.org/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mojazevukujagolali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freestyler.cz/img/file/21326032515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.theoakshealthcare.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/benodogivapiliveresekev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classtool.info/upload/files/gerizijupiresolijikezupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e25ac030c2e3e874d134c4fb576f934b/50618232799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywayrtk.org/userfiles/file/xamawiwamizuvuritef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202109291355284824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma-es.red/yamituki-n/uploads/files/37183318155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbcsisa.com/upload/fckeditor/file/rizugatinenatupubot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuyendung.tlipgroup.com/upload/images/files/pujogevagadowefufed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0suprkotqks4vo43ll2smfp74/38300517331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acaa2ae5c0f5c01fcd5482df97c54c53/guvawuvaxugepereworesab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandioso.asia/editor_upload_image/file/duziralumuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32002834167.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_off0000b002.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB002 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 568b654170b0144f6ef8a4dc289fcea50901fb14d86677cfeca6b16564b59bdf
font_01_sfnt_off0000c83b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC83B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e04d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE04D 16756 bytes
SHA-256: f512464c59f0ec0c17facdf391c8297e0e33110d76e1daaa4d5bbeaa943b4d3f