Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7694ce903a283cee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:37:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c7cfe52d688cdde4c3ae0df7447c6716 SHA-1: 4439567fb1ee989dd4fa719892c7bdf7b81d15b0 SHA-256: 7694ce903a283cee8c627ff4ed51cbf00a1418b6aab6245b2ac13a00c107b65d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic firings suggest this PDF is part of a link farm designed to obscure the true destination, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72281f96d019d08d88c2f0cee3e3bfc9/8627983538.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac14f258aff---laxixopuzapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duythuc-bearing.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/rumev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/12826534108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funbugs.ie/files/file/zapilixazud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytalk7.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/tevamomiluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/55541960458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ca794169adfa91e8a44fe93011a8f94/53711697844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nscenter.cn/upload/files/37418451544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmoretv.com/userfiles/81222959354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c411628dd79---welajagopat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/36494984234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasanisports.com/files/togalebekeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3mhvcdsrsv2gr3t6i2dtcueoo1/14251445552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dalivaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygoaltv.com/ipp/images/uploads/files/68160895620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinecommerce.bg/uploads/pages/files/tilawoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bollywoodsalonskokie.com/admin/images/file/zawemepegufedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elitelawnsolutions.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7kq6d8gtt7i9tn7l5degtl9619/86747922712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210510/file/99146442556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07k80eura0ba5mf50ka3v6v5fh/62660506202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliothequedesarts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83871838875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apismorava.eu/docs/60892330106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01c62fc02af78f96852a887deacde13e/japevibojukonok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=aborted+fetal+cells+in+cosmeticsPDF 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_off0000c328.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC328 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000db3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB3F 10756 bytes
SHA-256: d5748dc40203c0b1343589102e87f97f389e1b5ec863e0fef33f06b13c97c315
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3F5 17264 bytes
SHA-256: 0d7eb0b27e6dbbed8aa4254a56438f842f956d697ec2ab73de26692d56c3ddad