Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7928aa2a75210988…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:56:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 62dcb9af0461709ae2667b21a02d7e96 SHA-1: d0c562c9a9c8c81a7b46ef7feff41af766b3f9da SHA-256: 7928aa2a75210988c4f3c6c917f3978291bf985e1aa3af3d5c8d3a1fdd0d2401
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to act as a link farm, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/balavimisabibo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c14c6866f835e942d584c89b95644401/nigejoduvate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3c996375148e4631d9211c5b28ad6d9/valekogarofesulikojotula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/71371942381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakehighlandsrw.org/clients/863582/File/mufenaxabonepumodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607178bac4d4c---46283152318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47501ea268ace35b4b77b1b5095e32f2/jigetir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cocoon-source-harmonie.fr/public/file/suwiguxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b7a522e35---4570801303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatfieldfarms101.com/userimages/zulitujalewunuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladispensadicampagna.it/uploads/assets/file/94270462222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1aa68517c6f66170b5b89a12376acde/sadegudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/65872170462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambres-lannion.fr/userfiles/file/dexefavedusarilep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarwindependence.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65983991133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/janetujafek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historico.uts.edu.co/portal/app/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30460300178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwfinlay.com/uploads/files/586372758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jadever.vn/Images_upload/files/fedabidatigalirekelufij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ishkbnc3qfoi0anomsutdu7lj0/88826842913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memoservicesrl.it/file/nenatuvopadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cf59817e49bb1a81038013939ed01b0/99474021439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://land89.com/ckupload/files/suzujofitefifusunusibilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--82cac8d3ajrc0gd0bo4a7nf3qg.com/userfiles/files/66808946879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=pros+and+cons+of+5g+health+risksPDF 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_off0000be3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE3F 10980 bytes
SHA-256: b7f831d228a01a5b773de4ce1116bd897c2bcd13fbcda68f111bb53128d5db5f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d78d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD78D 16104 bytes
SHA-256: 4f746e4c12b1656ce0281b27153d364c4447d35c528babaf5d60097f08736ec4
font_02_sfnt_off000100b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1