Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7029569f54df2bcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-08-12 12:54:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: ea00264d22287f16571135d6eb2efb56 SHA-1: 667cf8b966082faa5e438240c0aeb0f9a1a13835 SHA-256: 7029569f54df2bcb332f1df4e9471697a962e703270e046e8996ed4e2d2b7fed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites, as indicated by the PDF_JS heuristic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/86421231056.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fuoriscena.eu/file/10124721757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfilatinogourmet.it/file/banisupafujomoxapazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/setimirovagujoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a7efafe4a---tawizovawusax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879da4a742f---webitirunex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b053060c6e---vazoniradudupubiraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eac267676a---gapifoborabaxugobirexemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imi.vc/upload/files/rudevel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisnoblelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/muruxevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/kidugiguxiwojuxisoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiataiec.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/pomarapexos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qvac2189nqec5p4p8eqkpfthkd/meroluzaniveledo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pctk5g0jg47ih2oqblpns8urp2/bimejafufax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62c8087765cd53c537f8e087dfe9caef/64140084450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea224b5aaf---62912208155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klcmekatronik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82372204551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161098061d24ec---kijulujuwusimexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--k1akb4c.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/20939916226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f5d8157f0---noroxotexulasuxajel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e020220d28---viledosoxidegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppntassone.it/dati/upload/file/15779946407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/fumoxejulen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/19418213037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=sharp+el+1801v+calculator+instructionsPDF 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_off0000c019.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC019 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 29d434aca91fa9f445ff38b16d8585bd97cd6c1a2e6ee6302da01092d2831b24
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9F4 15296 bytes
SHA-256: dd5311a1882613e89d10647cc68f4ff915b88ce62aa22530fadaed0dd7253c60
font_02_sfnt_off0001013b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1013B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1