Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07b48a9f81c286e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-07-27 22:19:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 079942a896ea344c737f64add12ac052 SHA-1: 8197b2d6ef160aa4d7a1ea2fbef56839d9f0ee25 SHA-256: 07b48a9f81c286e154073d3a30a3d40150d469e305a304bc8a21514d4c47660f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious code or redirect users. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting further suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c09941e051b---voburoguwabenatevek.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608455ed9de1a---26065264161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agermag.ro/mm/file/69651660240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--xhq021fvrwdth.com/d/files/kifunepon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/wogimisanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/92069348331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b41583d5e3f8a961233418df9bb2f329/32263876570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39839242420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boxumipamopeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geobrofab.com/clients/d/da/da7cd3953015cd63472398095fc1fcdd/File/nojevuzowarozelinokija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73af7ebdc9---midakakumenoruxutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4d048b0d9f---81864258133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781512236af---38836527693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843d0e86e49---zafuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labcoop-jsc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ekhsot42crelt60rvra6s7e2u/gawekepilebefunagijazoran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ned.ru/uploads/files/mipawenev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/rirujazosekuwaxixovati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hifi-markt.eu/kunden/kronhardt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31573570504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcoliseum.com/uploads/files/govutedeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608214e7b9fcf---retagurosigaxelobunodafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokstar.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/76404054081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v8sioeju37opmo0rlj2bdl0a59/36917194634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef1ff527f4464c244b105f6017be3ad2/wegebabutowotoguriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/mowevetipidex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc949c34750---92780354200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=comptia+a%2B+certification+all-in-one+exam+guide+free+pdfPDF 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_off0000d2c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ead7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAD7 17636 bytes
SHA-256: 32a931f1b46eecf07b9ff2db504cd2bf2cd4a96ec3a7cc27527b4a54ce4b1430
font_02_sfnt_off000118d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118D1 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 6ca08e8ca80337187640c5a5ca46fb6ea57e51a592f8fb081b491d9aa0b06f73