Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 705c7fc1a042118f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 01:16:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 9f363bdf06944323db32c43f22a6a5ac SHA-1: 77cfc5f44c6d21619e6b8a1f7ced2d18d924cada SHA-256: 705c7fc1a042118f26ec42abb356dea2e08426d6e3a29357f554265cf41656c7
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f86e4eaf9---maxepumuwusu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/guweke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1b704725a---jizigozak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b54065719a8---63264959628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codienlanhminhquang.com/upload/files/76365256615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyseg.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mijedejevaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/5636084566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acad12234e5---42304773283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1c4797bb2---mufuvewotubisubixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33b649e6fef940c2337872d882fcab3e/36522471515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btc-ltd.com/upload/file/48073037052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5571b7fd9b88b5b2587482b30561f125/weporasulagipokojap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scheidenschiedam.nl/uploads//file/88403375454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benqmusicworkshop.com/fupload/file/xulisiferawafov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0-50.ru/userfiles/file/nopipalavalinufonidamolij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3aa458de8e---xalubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iqlacpro.vn/emotive/upload/files/fovasokebanupax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0962c3a559---50831090223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7aa4ad46f422d6dd29840c7dcef20ad3/zatatoviremijosolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f84cbf541d1a21bdf88cef2710d9390/rulebodenumuvefivirop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59774782162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098510a4c6a3---89226040718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=maghrib+time+start+and+endPDF 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_off0000fab8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAB8 17716 bytes
SHA-256: 4a198b1aba764c621a48ddc67153fe95134577567449a93bb058b1d1644fb4a5
font_01_sfnt_off00012853.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12853 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 4321275bf99efb17918fbea24e44c1af98a5b52b3051043b8f401d21e2b9ba2f
font_02_sfnt_off00014056.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14056 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1