Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 709bb9c7c565efe4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-08-03 01:03:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 8351ca1d2dcbef66274ede5e34adcad0 SHA-1: 7fdb9bdabe1816df21150a9b96153ba1a58e4a7a SHA-256: 709bb9c7c565efe4cb35a5b4c46e92c52f5bc25338dab2fb1fda6a493765f699
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations, further indicates a malicious intent to distribute or host malicious content. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a phishing or trojan delivery role.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098452602e70---voxokopivujusarabut.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4365b2420e303233bfd73f05c8fa1aff/94235333185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vel5fd4seqd3t58676u4vskda6/ludedug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wjcopy.com/upload/files/97188166487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/87213440112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imotrading.com/images/userfiles/78105367972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f927ea0df3d---5644732769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3i0b2on6ntndqbgeh33h44n0hq/54710925816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4clks2jsj7sk1sfh60opc89r06/xupinedakili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/31775420881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1aqabtdl85cjp6942bgaa0td3/87399893606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tragiaocolamsapa.com/userfiles/image/file/14165491448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liffeyartefacts.com/fckimagefile/file/17228849048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/53697665340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wawabed.pl/uploads/userfiles/file/guwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e021f1b238---sexujazozaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608300cdaa461---71215951634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/vozebosixapaludoseraki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/pefafemusegewunujuzej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chokmanee.com/userfiles/file/reseruvilifemuxofefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mweb.cz/images/file/mopesujiwebodasutiwipuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daieimotors.com/js/upload/files/tejarumuwuboda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9db11cc4e6---71778989911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3d30bf7703970bd3326fdfa653ddc5b/95575969490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8mfpcidh91stmu9hd3n9orrofb/19110262797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=maus+art+spiegelman+pdf+espa%C3%B1olPDF 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_off0000d14b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD14B 11140 bytes
SHA-256: ec81055fe2435c0187c9385a138cf6cc4dacfbcd75305be318b0266df82f6cba
font_01_sfnt_off0000ead5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAD5 18024 bytes
SHA-256: 2d5728ccb547cab61eafd0551b6e03f044cc62b4baf883604006254e8a34db59
font_02_sfnt_off0001188a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1188A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1