Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 791a127e467fbd96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-13 13:15:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a28f42935bbb1294bc81898643f16fbf SHA-1: efeec2a34326b0c3c4a521acba8f16df7cc769c1 SHA-256: 791a127e467fbd96d37c3ba1831d4d0a9cd07356bfef892ab703320cd1e1b840
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites via the link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=applied+therapeutics+the+clinical+use+of+drugs+11th+edition PDF link annotation
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91a680bd94ac85121d3712fd049f0011/65279946031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://licorne-hotel-restaurant.com/userfiles/file/22976427070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodluckfishing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44729991225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba243490f7f89106c5e623c13dcdc533/71269307774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d24506d4b---95117574772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/725464436ebb1ebe9e99c3735283d6ad/91045653060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be079eee4d---gorovifikade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/480176e72c4724ab423ab78cb1574d4c/40137047331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/molopitegumusofabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090a20e9b8ec---95111228166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secretinvitation.net/images/files/wajujurewagexozufiwovam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d298458870e---komulewup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34bddd2c233ea3ac768cf030abf9a411/sonolebabatomivuzavoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f52009d94e---96409167733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-ned.com/uploads/files/10142340424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/87448010022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tanyadantus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc90f9919602dabc51ed012d163d2db4/2065549568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wovevepovemedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c695f1c446b---53920208002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c1be610a59---xovewofenapawegukop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ah4h3k1tdk5kkt4tvib193du0q/92715615560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f29a411dd2---41392182082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s3ik8j8ssnh20r5099g9q85rd6/76262921863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/tokobegerelorogowuj.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_off0000eef0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF0 16836 bytes
SHA-256: 45608580776187ed858b68672a2994d73146977a45cc0b024385ad6e320ca3d1
font_01_sfnt_off00011ae0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AE0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000132f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132F7 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 66d288f5e8ae4f1782861c10bc4c4a7b430f1fa115892b550320eb2e82f3849d