Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 790d1d0e39c2e397…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-08-15 11:46:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 53a2fd6b47fa286cd841b5e3f7213a31 SHA-1: 7a929c333cc7d84dd6066320b70a9414d4e9b8e7 SHA-256: 790d1d0e39c2e397be8ae8f3de1d16b05c6580d34b5269414fe254f967de7256
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress installations, strongly suggests malicious intent. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support this, indicating the PDF is likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the download or redirection to a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161155fa21c16e---50093796243.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://loscogliodifavignana.it/userfiles/files/12808725950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/gogidajamopofemetawetobok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/wopelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/82828326736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrewsexes.org/clients/867461/File/sisetawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camel-republic.com/media/userfiles/files/29856058232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/66670959538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1644c5d195ac4c83bbbc08668079f96d/numiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/94562765522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84c5d7ebc0f518f86b61477be282757a/17809121689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de7731445f9---88651521529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djapm.com/userfiles/file/25409879483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doctmcooper.com/userfiles/files/1277444297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c05e766e49---52268154129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095cd64f3438---89392308877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b98fe8f1d6e---vupugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc2113c3c7bb6064930a1af5f05d9522/sinix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609447b558848---rerig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oittaqk7aodrskvdkdh2lco7dv/pojenefodorakevepolatabob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5a1494f3b6---nozulapesetifodawuvepik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmms-online.com/assets/file/33459884484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a76eb8a18---raxebagemoloka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92133e21678c95bb6999f660521d104f/59484824881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021051605324420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/4186848116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=la+b%C3%BAsqueda+de+la+felicidad+libro+pdfPDF 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_off0000d166.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD166 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e97d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE97D 10872 bytes
SHA-256: e64a06c64afa2b98743eba2ececedeeecf289f41e2ad8ba92e05f889031a6693
font_02_sfnt_off00010207.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10207 17596 bytes
SHA-256: df0c27f94b9c9a94d91839f2f56fa739d1c8892f9ba75b67052c67488adc1d08