Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0702b9f7d4f56d2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 10:13:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f02b9d3ceeb9708228f5ca8ed2e8444a SHA-1: a5eb573bfb5fbc6441959c90d5ad0d88802488f1 SHA-256: 0702b9f7d4f56d2e70d04479d317e5caa8d46fb4edec609dcb624ccc7e2ec87a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or credential harvesting. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://thaisomboonautopart.com/userfiles/files/15647876010.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ijp2.com/contents//files/50839779445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d35a812b930f418a03487c742336cbce/vanobozaderupigine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3cc6db913---77580159441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibnuaffan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zufepiwokip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misterholidaysanprisco.it/userfiles/files/koxivabarezogagis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dfce75099b870257ce2af2891c31d67/munesun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csp-pub.com/stockages/files/lasixonirasosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bong-dem-long.org/upload/editor/files/jububokadagexiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae9580a6524---begijukizire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://illinoislivestock.org/userfiles/file/63051415716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vngo-cc.vn/cooker/public/files/doxixiwalupadobezab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jar-ted.pl/file/61439232754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1nt0s5534q31201f1ac7f4d6mq/68256498395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/47049760325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4vg2fta3ke2ot2d0mcgp2l6bt0/44049973787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cavice.fi/tiedostot/files/xejisekujidepuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliodeimille.it/userfiles/files/65273217093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b60705d65c9---xorilete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085722bc2aa2---kewudoxaxudamezobak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kasivafofafukivegatidag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maribon.net/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/55497640416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ffef2aa86---16526827523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/95457991785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingchengs.com/jingchengs/ckfinder/files/20210726053858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=past+continuous+exercises+pdf+primaryPDF 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_off0000e679.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE679 18996 bytes
SHA-256: 99648558391f718cf9ca47e7f9af102a964f8c9babda1b823198948d1471e7c4
font_01_sfnt_off00011829.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11829 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 0a2619ad99fe40972969768c13c5f4aea94365f6c74a30d9209cc88b0314201f
font_02_sfnt_off00013201.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13201 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1