Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7963f46ef7725789…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-08-17 01:08:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 305ed678f80b2d42e77eb28d6a937380 SHA-1: e197a6ae4e9c87984b93b612402dbc00baf869aa SHA-256: 7963f46ef7725789114ebe130b543830f0f5615ec5658e2f13c256ed5b2e6c72
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious code or redirect users. The presence of a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting further indicates a phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://intertribo.sk/files/wevuruvadedemikifufasefo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gtcrnd3t0cdupr5irs23hkgi85/sotetigavakupijuzaretad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambresisemploi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobavoxulapenum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuhs1981.com/clients/8/82/82ca37c076ec4232796cb58ed009bb3a/File/begoxifalupadibaxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081825e5a7e5---6585096503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/bapolupavozavebexaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160709d9ee4c3a---38170087056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designerhouse.ru/upload/files/pezolipefabolebumifigove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/25230560403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idosekotthonaveresegyhaz.hu/files/files/jofavolepoxabes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf16e8662ec2c73ffd8385ffc3a34c03/75378487344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49419492500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kt3mvp6e0iat79mm7vdh00uinq/81283379532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4660b88b2171bd21c0eb4d27a5a19a7f/12590775066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faxik.online/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47444473320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/5734926911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/zewimebiwabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juliesfundforkids.com/clients/d/d6/d6f17a7a4e9d342a12f8f8eeddb80b2d/File/loxudizoseninabimuzum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088417e2a381---55361192372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b84c4e4b2ab---91026621202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virtualcharityevents.com/vce_cake/files/files/2125467368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeaefc69057---38555098229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yummyschool.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/73285362226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ht8p9i8tdahpb5e6k6g58g3dpt/92676890026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcmheavyequipment.com/admin/images/file/jufigewunosexef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=world+latitude+and+longitude+worksheet+%26+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000dac9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAC9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2E0 10800 bytes
SHA-256: ecde4953cf4979d72deff551aed373bc0ee81ce26b2bd16ed020ce5727c0e6e0
font_02_sfnt_off00010b83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B83 17052 bytes
SHA-256: fa5ce40a55f9706b62946c35ffd5ff70a34a9b7bf154a5a03b1c2c944568544a