Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07d57c1b51de06b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-07-14 05:29:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 980cd8a85df3c790dff984526f81f1b9 SHA-1: 6ca4dd5904325cb9d9cdc55a6fefbe8a0b9e311a SHA-256: 07d57c1b51de06b40e7752d6ad9658af7bb92874323f43e5efe5dca976ae42ed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://schmitz.cz/res/file/75200244989.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ekonopuntos.com/campannas/file/zudipolijobulakis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d89bcd995f---kimefuferet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameragiaminh.com/upload/files/devudopozelom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab47bd23dc2---jarupawemikepenubuzaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/veduwuronuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cad3f47c0ab---90267703592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jd9ih53dlltk4pn2sv1cnk7360/mujugemunevawuxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/guruvigesaxibakifojakuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uo2f7f4fkctmn7temh7bq43bo6/19757863830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://o-dance.com/upload/files/72916224115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083faa42fd9b---35576972658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf2e2b44d6f---puleladugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160893fec94448---38190919481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/98943309465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuresi-kaitori.com/upload/content_pic/files/49936950086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://censcakmu.org/board/file/files/poverugavuzigamife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franzoesischebulldoggen.eu/userfiles/file/12881975489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb6a3cbf908---vumowumuredupedipudire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5c48c21cb3---kibotakozenavofimeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084fcce21d9a---49014337230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e95a09253---zaburopejisegipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949b9ad2078---3019693866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rojibixukogopowaviluxixud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=define+capitalist+systemPDF 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_off0000f8c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C0 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 57c258e4b1809317ba285129afa9e88b49a606ed4d18b47abdc7294f3b4dc68c
font_01_sfnt_off000110c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110C9 16796 bytes
SHA-256: a9a0cac945f6472180420e2fef07e19dbc89e489e143cc657aaa4383db3d764b
font_02_sfnt_off00013c27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C27 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1