Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0400c0be7efe2edc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-01 16:42:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 8274357505b7851c40ac6ad878013d56 SHA-1: 4c3a2ba964e09ba5304264c5b0191cb7cc6ef885 SHA-256: 0400c0be7efe2edc3039742eb218d152e81a46026f57f451ec260b9762b99811
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f84b17524---gumolejevutetepipawu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb6b775c96---87837767362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53461mo2gabb0ncm9fma55jv7h/86918539660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/palafezadaralelewevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774cd58574c---kabudexafuzad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/42051578308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aece9ea836---56362669752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/katakutep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90ce3f91ca779517f5af4ad70439bebc/53987553578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7841a14d15---61066007570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpspcb.com/uploads/files/winosegarifesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081925e70575---67150653488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/12366898947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///dugatokebozurusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac3204992723aea9ee5b1e7251287e56/56143828757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velocimapper.com//webfiles/file/wumajoxixowarenefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/241bfc2a492979e6d3288a9199869a0a/xisawulixizalof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12c8034cafaeacbef94363a1c5acbf5c/52113068598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/905e87d77fb42ece6a0d302631584e4a/pupetirobevawol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d28f6d0143efb2977d6eb823591cb13/65319563949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyuangang.com/UserFiles/file///15456127515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palakkadtourism.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13799576440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd7d070074---17778635592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/43490744581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=convert+pdf+to+microsoft+excel+2007PDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e7ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7EE 16076 bytes
SHA-256: a671d37c7b3b889284622d243fc9727f378cc914a66da79eb58e164c6b93b0ed
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD11 11108 bytes
SHA-256: ab32616daaf8b114626caab753dafedd63e453fe809e7e0677cf502d16311939
font_02_sfnt_off0001171d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1171D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00012f2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F2F 17252 bytes
SHA-256: 11505fb9336d12c6df2949abde397745f7ed202383d2932be2e14ef2bdfc0416