Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7189e23abf1030b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:54:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b477f370e9badf93fb8d401078439ca8 SHA-1: 81d44eb52459fb377e1bf117825d8cb15ab6898b SHA-256: 7189e23abf1030b84dc575d976c5bbe34e1217798028842403db8c04b75ce2a7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are presented as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af2e05ee985577ce3eaaf4ad5adfbfcd/pitejukoxok.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/xepigamadetofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qnrqodv6k2maoa5br4imuhvq30/kefesojuxigudekajenut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fe964acc29---31569178056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cadb71b243c03d3fa95979cbfd86d86/35684208403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acv931vi40q3p3oun6foin2ein/4220463146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991aff1be37---82760894782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3c87a7e34---kovulet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081744d66f9e---32806365864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18e97ee2fb---luxitanetisabiwomokev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608128dfaddaa---29271297580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/63356108388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079caae1e6f6---91259142148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/zozopimefedazibefakijum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/42532071576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maszyny.pl/userfiles/file/39007202303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magnettoptan.com/upload/ckfinder/files/gukolunutexenejon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe35eb239c6d19a56b141ce91fd85ceb/depemipokefex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e985a427882b3b53b737cb58795298a1/fifosozalovemorawikujixod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c05c353e1c---womedegopibomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba4d074d12a---46896401917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitteszoneklinik.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/terikaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=makkar+ielts+writing+task+2+2019+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_off00013829.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13829 11184 bytes
SHA-256: f5b6b144d0569cab5cc65a11ddf7285d46aaa3e2f47fafbcb1259b16ec21024f
font_01_sfnt_off0001526c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1526C 16896 bytes
SHA-256: 429ad7fb5091882e1cddd34804a74adaa43efde8c1d8fb084f59e2b01185abb5
font_02_sfnt_off00017e23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17E23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1