Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7884392e2800daf0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-06-30 06:58:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3859ed27a7f5769bdf6597d07f18f8a7 SHA-1: 8dcc982f9144569b033f578974866cfcb58419fb SHA-256: 7884392e2800daf0d9fa8245820466ce750f4ba4e305ed74ef9bf9a3e44a73f0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to further obfuscate or execute malicious actions, potentially downloading additional payloads or redirecting the user to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+smallest+planet+and+farthest+from+the+sun PDF link annotation
    • https://kop-trans.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/76681950441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160835c6c4d132---wazunafuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c254b861bad---jowijafelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce9a870773---badazawadalovavebaremuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baobihungphu.com/media/ftp/file/11461920645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccf57129585---jivajuzojisotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/br9hhtte6hseh8oe3e1j9b6dfi/kinugobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/98707235334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f84345dcc8---83124539417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canyonoaksmtg.com/~duckdi5/canyonoaksmtg.com/content/file/mabasuzebezowaxategofag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campermagazine.tv/public/file/10883277013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/70100809188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b499225b08663da8a518fdc5e9f208d2/59406178609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/ravopegatiroramuxomivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bc221565ac68de7e0d91434f968ea40/32189813847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocchame.vn/app/webroot/img/uploads/files/fanoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b59764b490c---puwarujebosedofiwegekutag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6eac84979---27364621599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/73253944490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toastwarenhuis.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/xijorijamovog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce71e97448---xexub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b08c3df22d8---sumogizebidavorixas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e6c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6C3 10732 bytes
SHA-256: b1ddcbc7e326732261a2572ab0af58a1c1705952dcd2df38c7ad7b410bb0612a
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF3A 17196 bytes
SHA-256: 76ed528347dbc10fe837c6310ac31d4dc7f26449ddcf14afb2888ce71b5cde84
font_02_sfnt_off00012c53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C53 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1