Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7511a1474e4dab50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-08-30 05:15:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5fb9bf2eac3e8acd204f19069510c9e2 SHA-1: 886e6e09729ea2a40ff30af8b8a850691dd1b355 SHA-256: 7511a1474e4dab505156556a621b5cfb0dd41b693fe064dd3282d8793ea4c35c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15059b45f9---nerufevudapetojuf.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2be5cec638e95989ca34697a60361b3e/62483358807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/jakajevinasub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ptogel1.com/contents/files/10585321504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup1.com/contents//files/44021933504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://go2germany.ru/files/file/74102784242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakuragiramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/faposa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086069e86a32---vavodijuxoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumosushingrill.com/uploads/files/ralesupagex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec850c9bed8ea2c2688576f7ab1cea0b/43677762304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2gvf58hjhkadsrb06q5lmatd8p/xugawaguraderamaninolitej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.ee/media/contents/file/85321695629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8c55133976363af2bb408dbe69d03ca/5869397156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca6a621059---14555053982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chrmglobal.com/userfiles/file/roxeleledetolafepuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6beirqskielvcjmo6l6a0jq6a3/garibotuwipikisirajam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandebruijn.com/uploadimages/files/nagexuvija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/monazuregakatuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioidongphuc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kizivuwesazobefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ad530d92347ff0ca1b169c841875157/vojavagub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c95baddcf6---47318353923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silverleafspa.ca/clients/10619/File/sefikugubapakezibudup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaoyduoc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1jpds3h94tp56clpb1q22fpin/42446292754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosungtour.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210826_5463DE562B216238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160816c6291ea6---webavexem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cheeselicious.net/UserFiles/file/xunamatabonev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=wing+hing+chinesePDF 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_off0000d266.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD266 17084 bytes
SHA-256: d11bd0d2dc30e8ef310207d037c17e3fcf78322c5261a543a4eb31f7330353b0
font_01_sfnt_off0000feb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEB2 9976 bytes
SHA-256: a289dccbb906f194df468f4ddb2d87ff0c2d246c2a7eb160e0f97119e10c044d
font_02_sfnt_off000114b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1