Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7189d328bd3d879f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-08-09 19:23:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: f58727b7727d5f392568238cbaf00567 SHA-1: 3592b22746ba4e0dc230058914736614b5e36076 SHA-256: 7189d328bd3d879f9c10cacbb58d74869d43bf2c08f2473f9b235ec93188d193
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://temple.mo/userfiles/file/77773957395.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bh1pfcovj79a78us0gn6r8ib73/kasuxibawigubibojed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210610023318697194o6uwux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c79d396003e---pujiwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0591f2e7d5---20012842634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b79a178e9---89950290353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d1c4c7fb4---51091990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://komputerzagrosze.pl/userfiles/file/28464445086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46e97140c8443d8edd593e5360489ebd/85942143640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impressivetravelvietnam.com/upload/files/3578626734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/gediwosala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-4/20210804191155847775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dunajecbiala.pl/upload/File/tajeripawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jq82rercc6n83q56dp4ft7ef41/32501086193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thumpamonpally.com/userfiles/file/45545842243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53548a1260a4d884b11123e1829b2730/muverok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099fdba3ad19---45790160880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/uploadfiles/file/bufapefurulefenakevizin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centreforeffectivecoaching.com/media/file/61639362796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://favorit.pl/userfiles/file/gejuvomimebelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/rejanog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/vevegisavadobos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1988.com/clients/75739/File/tezigewepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb45beee86---18484635844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be049a9577e9f68b30cd0543599cfc8c/lunojanowapijikedatix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=encyclopedia+of+general+science+%28english+paperback+arihant+experts%29+pdfPDF 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_off0000d935.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD935 16708 bytes
SHA-256: 7dfc9c909c3ccdb49e6db2469edf2c902fdc91ccea6e6c054fc7ed31de624b39
font_01_sfnt_off0001047b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1047B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C92 11488 bytes
SHA-256: 6771b62bc61f22b032a3fd351d568ccb240d51b5020d17660cf0eebef1a82728