Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a35df04c512942f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.7 KB Created: 2021-07-24 22:50:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0ea890f1e54bd0df43042300cb7d6224 SHA-1: fa31c355817dbe8b57f8a55cfe737192260a00f6 SHA-256: 7a35df04c512942f4853bb0e4474e9ce6afc9ba03a265a9bea9ab0ef14883c0f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file with embedded JavaScript, flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://chpcentre.com/files/file/kegosemoboruji.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/balemad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719fd56daf2---76018102631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886416b059a---vumaralazopozugofelavexed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/dometi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1c1fsse0mr0j9nkh3j0b12hfu/69394901445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingegnasrl.com/userfiles/files/46941357151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edf1af47fd6---84296080179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085860dc7d7c---70293788741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altinhediyeler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/4842281594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korean-school.hu/hangul/userfiles/file/3226396314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a9cd5b3f3---pifuxevexubavisoxukidik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd832cfe95---68938345063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ekpjr5al375fej8kh69mbidb31/vukalunakan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8452be24248df225f63ffa2bb9e02d8c/59353982780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bche2jto3hpt2b1ic1252tbp4m/pusopumot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28338341a881e7755e00c4ed136d38df/dexexuwezukatipujev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7cf1cdf828---pelafitijepenifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pr-jam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65545791872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varadimasszazs.hu/uploads/files/kevajigulizowuvetodajobuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipllaser.in/uploads/bagabobemavigexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.letspassdriving.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mson7jqni6v8pn4okeh1gm986t/xofogaduwijesujasox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/pekef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+car+vin+number+with+license+platePDF 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_off00011711.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11711 16756 bytes
SHA-256: 2fcb1d72e666a7f82efd4c4c7dd17bb7f27436bf6693646b665c09d33ec1078b
font_01_sfnt_off000142c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142C0 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 44a08ecbfc19f20769255dbb2810d9a6081c2fcdf469d4668799e547c14b1b9d
font_02_sfnt_off00015c98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C98 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1