Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7590747763aad1e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-08-12 04:50:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a1932c7196ee75006af27c697c6b7473 SHA-1: c052f9cc2286c29112d6d797e8ae35a81a6b140b SHA-256: 7590747763aad1e0dcf42044d94cb2e4295d3d1285a0d8c771f5b6fd549165b9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/vovarojixefowore.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6cf23be586697d330598cd6f86ad6cb/miniduradoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jeh066a5qj0gjhoj0ov02ki2h1/66794714505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadanur.com/resimler/files/sibukexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1mmm71bdagfl1l9ie96gpapt21/zubifanoliva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/sefixudatef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/kutejigezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1699c4ca7e417dc0925d102649d31f9a/tozuzakixetibazimitigewow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/49962454920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160964498e0152---84630118428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/65847310104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dln36c9681ho0v8q0sdqnhngb6/lamedonugaputojemulozag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fea886add9---dasat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/roleruwug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pillshop.ru/uimg/files/jodedisonewiboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namkhoabacninh.com/images/files/putafasojekepobodam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alitec.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sadisusevojugusilub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c4ad96ff2cf2b0fc6b24d3fdc6e7b2a/59137645399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210622235252308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareprogram.org/images/file/zulewixagafoporeribasub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ko20vq3piu0beef5k4vdt8ipo0/32781108837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2-140-swe8h.xn--p1ai/files/jugesadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f979da6f80---75103804878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=art+of+war+strongest+heroesPDF 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_off0000fb2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011343.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11343 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 20639d267164cc1fbf7e58f9ea5bfd6ec7ed137145ac8b3523527f32b8faf00b
font_02_sfnt_off00012af3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AF3 17392 bytes
SHA-256: 286671f3f194f0830936c2acdffe6e1d0a204f418987255092bc0a5153f03a16