Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2857978ef1726c15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:11:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b85f276bd3a772266c1cc574f1b8f3d8 SHA-1: 24093eefcd99fee5b0f5ad1aa30ebc24a3b8097a SHA-256: 2857978ef1726c15d8ad4d48609d072cb6e269a3198aebf0c88136699d2c5704
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b63ccf9e2a8---17704042214.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://falegnameriacastiglione.it/userfiles/files/30473682532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15c36b2877e3d9952e04bffc6d75a42e/83816890787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/662b58b6212fdd13546ce13de12e0b6e/82939247386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ville-saintleonard.fr/pdf/91836819909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cochleartudaskozpont.hu/files/47010208821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poongdung.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210611_64592DAEEACBF284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthivatlieuhoanthien.com/upload/files/4921360774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gde68h6su27vrc306tke848267/80691727951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiconghoixuancong.com/Khicong/admin/userfiles/file/mujarexidowoximinagofevex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53251775381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhighclassof60.com/clients/871169/File/kajazenatigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/81370703461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f042b64d981---vowebaregomedowaseberi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batterseataxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/beretigomulonarirovigiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d900559564c---sifafaxugilodeliludokew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-ber.com/UploadFiles/file/20210815045302473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/99308960975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soluzionebenessere.eu/userfiles/files/7091160424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sudhirsachdevaclasses.com/ci/userfiles/files/dipumadelumitaterimidagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j8ji91ojp0so9ah4ste8639vs3/tixufatuxikozaneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyqjsj.com/UploadFile/file/20210818110855592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/rilos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=group+a+strep+bacteriaPDF link annotation
    • https://medlineplus.gov/streptococcalinfections.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b5c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5C9 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 5871a4e44bd2eb04113437799658cc5745a94e1561d03cb4b44bb7b3e2446cdf
font_01_sfnt_off0000cda3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDA3 15840 bytes
SHA-256: f795265119d424b5a4af478220e80bdf2baa1ff3da571e3dc76cad760ba64767
font_02_sfnt_off0000f612.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF612 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1