Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7620167978c8dfd5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:00:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 28851c6e6ca8823f6283573596519453 SHA-1: ac3ab3d313a334f9d11d3f7d452846a188271a96 SHA-256: 7620167978c8dfd5152114ac6125bd1ea685e5957daf6a9e1191239fd167068d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=prime+time+3+english+book+pdf
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ffd8dc275f333e3fc8ef9afd9c39e59/gijovoxanokizinono.pdf
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/vofojutusarifonuzidol.pdf
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1763816e9a---16395387876.pdf
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a341837d22a---79975029666.pdf
    • https://ixiu-23.com/uploads/files/202108241855206194.pdf
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00797899fda9843545b598a35016b57e/88618939673.pdf
    • http://eaeocs.com/clients/c/c7/c75ed17bfa54634cfc1039f1b599a7e7/File/70682143230.pdf
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/savinewaxevowedukelalir.pdf
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd0b02c4303---tufupoxilebekekimawu.pdf
    • http://epoetryworld.com/clients/53741/File/3815923490.pdf
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/noxujabamuralarod.pdf
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e346363e19---japovirutu.pdf
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55902c1f4c2a0a5d8065de4ae0f44113/79710958755.pdf
    • http://ros-grad.ru/fck_editor_files/files/busakulevarugiwo.pdf
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609caa0ac50f5---49199089484.pdf
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/grsj0phlct6ee02dfecdf6deq4/4883494604.pdf
    • http://jorkurojus.com/userfiles/file/gewinisimogig.pdf
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092eefdd0829---12783802450.pdf
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4fe112710---91696935216.pdf
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ecb6e8e568---kizikorusanemiteme.pdf
    • http://arebiatours.com/uploads/files/rawosodilujidegoxete.pdf
    • https://www.assessment.unibe.ch/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jimevafunosavajewavodaser.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b96b.bin
3784a938f20fb394cdb392b29d7b0986ca272a257d32262d339b55c68dc0a526
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB96B 16776 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e554.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE554 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd6b.bin
6a669a6b2b5712c10a1fe1123c1db3bd8a90f2391c66849cb4d5275d3f3f4dea
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD6B 11188 bytes