Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 792a3d4d08e9a17e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-07-03 07:59:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 640062ee30fb7979af0f4fc7824931c5 SHA-1: 1b4f56f908070566a20288e365cd4c1a4f86109f SHA-256: 792a3d4d08e9a17ea445d97e9e9ff5e8bceaafc809587e96eafe38234c38f6f5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to distribute malware or facilitate phishing. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=womb+lining+too+thick
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8874ed27553875d93210a165aea0993/85939077691.pdf
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0u0jvmnu13k888a6oh16sh25ts/27663762704.pdf
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753abfec762---50382556834.pdf
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092c029aad48---davukegabobof.pdf
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd7e6f3d4667608128bef9e1b8c9c7d6/17277342073.pdf
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d8c1d8068---88400324485.pdf
    • http://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31082962131.pdf
    • https://thedestinbeachhouses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/724a496fd26e5b1b5d5178be286c9d81/limorolawemirawujobive.pdf
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8854700ee---jadeta.pdf
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/xawevajitod.pdf
    • http://mojahotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/widizufined.pdf
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f352d39ccc11d713acc1aa6f12e9bac5/gedipigidakabowutefosu.pdf
    • http://paroissedementon.fr/upload/files/juforu.pdf
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/zagutasajabuj.pdf
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e085edc5c6d8bb4f3646265c645f6f88/potebimi.pdf
    • http://apsara.ru/userfiles/file/wafup.pdf
    • https://londonvipchauffeur.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5ea75e4a65c470daac9e386e475d7f3/dawebo.pdf
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a9626df4a7---93743347398.pdf
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/kugubepisisusawizovorara.pdf
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881738e5d90---lofenefim.pdf
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qstho6u7f972vd43vsc4uh4ns3/73590388279.pdf
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/jewuworitotukanixasa.pdf
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70bf36bef763ead8b88cad7da265206b/zagumuzovekaxil.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef89.bin
1b5584504220376321d7edd80bf5ea3dcacb2cef45b5416bf7b9c27d4368bf19
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF89 16512 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011a36.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A36 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001324d.bin
af80a6e7e6b7570075011e9100cae288f0ba06835d36af560d9ab76233277f5e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1324D 10340 bytes