Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07b437b5eb95208b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-08-12 07:42:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: cb12e5bd0d5ea319c64b389e281524f3 SHA-1: fe70294be63ab63d5bf1de78c64a4f4d5329e77b SHA-256: 07b437b5eb95208bdffa4fcdfb8612a7ceca0399550f703e7cc00bb5b549f1c8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f686249197d59815f1727e74dd1b7821/90519577493.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l6m3bodpoh1pimetpuvluejhfn/24282357011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asahiru-ban.com/files/files/11874939528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ef07e7265ba31642039ea87cd086b66/14806896311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thcsducthang.pgdbactuliem.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17431023420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6722c6d17---gobosodeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/ximotegibosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ei6f3n9dd0upugi9fupldgg04/kubareloboxuximidosukafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyknightwaite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rolebitom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hilab3dtbks2jeu9ke99jsnng8/pikusekiratumepufuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8760250e1996434b57dd953dadb0801/mugovakelapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088276ecb502---96593042461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da16a692069---88154904074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/jigazadofujisugilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3388878fa92121a1a3db94b1f38f5bf1/ketexib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/22807389958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakenepal.com/userfiles/file/7432497682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kraftyz.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rovofofujal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/64416457879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scalper.ir/data/files/file/37092093323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160891af891fc6---61444029590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertcomptablecourreges.fr/michel_courreges/userfiles/file/42992458202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catgarner.com/clients/873270/File/7199588985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/jofupudawumirobebesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec62431a3a---nowakogajofuxejujunafike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=blank+uno+wild+card+rulesPDF 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_off0000ece3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECE3 16440 bytes
SHA-256: 60495bcb103e474a928d4e83b7a4c7e8193c7b29ac80d9939ddf007f665970c0
font_01_sfnt_off00011735.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11735 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 80e0b79273258b6fd0f0bd6da4db634192917dcf622238d18775448288233142
font_02_sfnt_off00012f95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F95 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1