Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a19829d7064d2e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 10:51:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8d7e74b7bbf79898dbad823485072757 SHA-1: a87d8b9fb32fb37d1f098bc9ba8ddcbe8acf2cd2 SHA-256: 7a19829d7064d2e57de4ad8ced930571d906af3df0b8aead09e15baf57e267c4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The primary function seems to be redirecting users through these links, likely to deliver a secondary payload or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://kperrylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/79850188850.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4fc60b2762---10838936307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasystemofkarate.com/clients/861259/File/1532975303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellar-toys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76630761263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca21d94341---21321520096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qc25ebvhito7sab206ie62ak6h/20183163019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/85142300131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42b57dc4b1---47924718306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41530847594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7c3c004b41---mumiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanoscopy.ru/uploads/files/53707769797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dereformasenalicante.com/archivos/files/78131603850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9d54ea2c8---55917082230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtdsbinhthuan.vn/public/uploads/userfiles/file/15609143022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f39428fdb7---52782200012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8dc2cd1d22061a190ffaffafb838cac/lotabejobonuzagozibuwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df5bb0da60aff4b70e1354a45cfd6d65/77419008415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b312fa4db54---61350524962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d68f5ed45---68729440449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etre-belle.su/images/file/31909454803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3cb4bea6ce---poduzebamiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747243017c7---87238787772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchungnguyenlieu.com/uploads/files/96721676922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longvu.vn/Images_upload/files/14435328999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7uug416sn5f554j4ac94b67ec6/laruzetevuwesuterazoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=250+km+to+mphPDF 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_off0000e821.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE821 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010038.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10038 10084 bytes
SHA-256: eebd4780c042379c64cc88096f66ee6d245e9f24399eddd47b24a6c1fecb0896
font_02_sfnt_off000116b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116B4 17872 bytes
SHA-256: e320b25479f4674f1a41ee9a6e0f1103ae448d075a970526e164edbda6ab83ec