Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7730f6d91e07f739…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 21:52:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c8f651ced7890503b19de01c4aa0c120 SHA-1: ce221bd00603162082a1003e299fd7962fb95c33 SHA-256: 7730f6d91e07f739819d8a99100e05509a5a69e1ae2f6bf5c2a9c0206d41fa52
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and numerous unknown URLs suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a36c7d9313d---4616677622.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eastwoodfamily.net/userimages/regub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aesyq.xn--p1acf/files/file/98506741525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8aa2001145---82645206452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thekitchendesignstudio.org/uploads/files/vujedawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f631f37403c---tapuzavorekezigami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j3avn493vifgpb18qn126voish/996036754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jesewuguzititikono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-soft.ru/site/htmlimages/file/jowixewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paroissedementon.fr/upload/files/44389263837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--tnqz8hz5cb8l.com/upload/files/25359923213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qj3l5uiok61nn7mfaoe8jpitm5/zizilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wearefamilypalestine.com/clients/3/3b/3bc38fc23f9ffb54b20226cbd6ad6ce3/File/limolexulakovurivumig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ainut.fi/userfiles/file/49235536569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d0eb87a8dc---lofeniwixewaxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arab-hams.com/Ups/files/58675978127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasifikendustriyel.com/userfiles/file/85529594135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/lewijunekebujimopusikofaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio1.com/contents/files/52931505451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elturo.ru/img/upload/files/wawudarapepup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/tisum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vpecargo.com/userfiles/file/60983392797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aznamaste.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vifosijilegodawipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiahealthcaredentalcentre.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zivipesorakowofifavut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=coloring+shapes+worksheet+freePDF 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_off0000e03e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE03E 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 86d33fb3af2293fe708056d19cf3602372399153e84bb3f91f38956672094026
font_01_sfnt_off0000f956.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF956 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011168.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11168 17588 bytes
SHA-256: a57eef767b3006102a41971d401fa1f2042114446fc3e8d172b8dbd07d0e19a9