Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f710e603375c206…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-07-18 20:03:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 15c23cd717ff3d1ea1cddf70669b27b3 SHA-1: ca977714763390efad2d4b3bc246f3bad100db2e SHA-256: 0f710e603375c206a0eb8c259a88c4382bfe40d19209c18c0da4cae0f0580bbe
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76c3cb91f1b53558877adc62eb891954/31330347356.pdf
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/diwajuzuzejesom.pdf
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce4e24b0dde---lutuwiwamosunokofezoxifob.pdf
    • https://cowichanmusicfestival.com/userfiles/file/49396784815.pdf
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d8a092e271---862271392.pdf
    • https://led7.ru/file/89742409475.pdf
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/62710668068.pdf
    • http://domholidays.com/userfiles/file/18370803486.pdf
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/jupotijenidoj.pdf
    • http://bidhichand.org/sahodyatarntaran/userfiles/file/volelenagapedalabizuwipox.pdf
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2uvkl1k0teduiuc4s4u8tu9n3/xanojeronemol.pdf
    • https://serka.com/serka/upload/files/92820083415.pdf
    • http://moscowprice.com/content/xuploadimages/file/43487055630.pdf
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74f42571d442026bf9aa0e87221930b1/bazobukemebidole.pdf
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df704051da7---94599199204.pdf
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e00497c3f71---25421054140.pdf
    • http://globalquestconsulting.com/userfiles/files/zukoliwajakegerisepokemek.pdf
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/fejilekuwimojasekone.pdf
    • http://28777886.com/Lpf/UPFILE/userfiles/files/70091244940.pdf
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ceb02604de64e7ca91c3924cbe86f28/73439401886.pdf
    • http://tz5168.com/uploadfile/image/2021/06/17/file/20210617_155006_184.pdf
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-20/20210520154209744064.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=ize+meaning+suffix
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000edd2.bin
dd2aa777c13ae053fc65ddc82d9c2720eb30b60e605bd374bfbec72a86844e36
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD2 18380 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011e22.bin
660af9f2641befc7710878aad2659b82f476f17d945abefdce40111b4746b8b9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E22 10408 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000135a8.bin
58194a7f9067ae332b28b3b73301d2d22f83c44e27c2c7e4607a07cf28c4579c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135A8 5132 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0001478f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1478F 16792 bytes