Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a1d3cf84b6a84e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.2 KB Created: 2021-07-16 21:13:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0b011c1c174f8a197ff9b36f1dfaed5f SHA-1: 76e148985b939702ea8c6e825e6b094e349c0f5d SHA-256: 7a1d3cf84b6a84e7364f70b06a77d6aa4311a46b978da224ad3c645506d509ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14884347b77e359be0af67a8481f5511/94277198830.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607461e89319f---vixojupux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa98d157668---bidexori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m3hotels.com/userfiles/file/wogokupowufuzorusilap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a40209cfb720b012088304cddab44ba/ninalurutawepotepuradovuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/dobijabepukuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-fuji.jp/js/upload/files/konawupuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c63848d32f3---tixulebedirolabapikawog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fszhenjia.com/upfolder/e/files/20210527180338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac92897fc41---piwedotiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2cd042943---89695017766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18b85ce8afd2e68a5f3188fea861f96a/26224300049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9326540780---dulibexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e161871d6ea1ce7ffa49b0ba3d5d2db/72204080930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoscan.it/userfiles/files/pedol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/74053501576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/10292331748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aravlicraft.com/cmsCart//upload/file/liwugokub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a8823a6a11---38733194422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5fd993ff40---68278960306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb44052495---44193698971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4e5ae629fa---92143241524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1755d2f863---babusatiwul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f48269e77d---14541153344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=tupac+and+lauryn+hillPDF 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_off00011cf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CF9 10272 bytes
SHA-256: 31dd11694042f329066d1f1ab9f583b0552a03119932deb0d4768d2a1232f784
font_01_sfnt_off000133ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133EA 18128 bytes
SHA-256: 15d679c0239c7ebd3f8f8949550a50bc9e486008cfb4e68c510e2085b5ed36fb
font_02_sfnt_off000163b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x163B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1