Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7491f88dba610f9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:35:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a3213db3ea056bb7cac6186af36224bd SHA-1: ec504d869cc732276b5b2bedbde87ea0aff008aa SHA-256: 7491f88dba610f9f0c5e85badc218c515fd5e8f9ed00aa8119fea1d6deb94a40
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The numerous extracted URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicate a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination and evade detection. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=environmental+impact+of+tourism+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://suapaiatuipelehakefamily.com/clients/80707/File/11441047349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/72729776856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed99d4a0734ba91025c258f2d1ee2222/xojewuxuviludijabugafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wijnhuis-vaessen.nl/site/data/ws/files/46028239074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ofly.om-digitalsolutions.cn/upload/files/37494112639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dauglita.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/xotapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/59310206470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e781fd95ebaaaf328c0ecb6a288f1b5/87022072209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2547a9f65bb21897673e9333f93dc1d5/vovazoverusugadelapivuwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/nemipimuluduwazewose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://777mto.org/contents//files/67908060554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirakademi.com/resimler/files/49041666421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d514654c1983562631390028719d605/74315877409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kb2g62b103j04sckaioqh4na40/boxafin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiduongmetal.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/44124128474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aac7328cd3---64277696366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onnetsolution.in/userfiles/file/57899571347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/34254916815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoj0agf7cq.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/61959970849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2sisaccount.com/userfiles/files/gifutugibefifolojomeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084af58a3af0---dunojomexesojujabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a08c0d77ca---87435030910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kah0itte15a61051jlb7hlh2st/34206635520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b5a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5A8 15028 bytes
SHA-256: beb208a414a532e883280afa9ad6600372729ee5ee5363a6917ebedf39ab9077
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f40f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF40F 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 1c3ea46d65650b726c46d51a0526a74a1c311cc4340f09cac092ea81ff6caba5