Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a3d6e4baf41d75b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:02:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c421afc311c08e0f26f9629b32ad5a87 SHA-1: 1d2d165cee897d87847053e29229caf31782284e SHA-256: 7a3d6e4baf41d75b9631bee02d181831b5fdb7aae2618ba786b5b960351cbd1f
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099fecba04b9---dinifagolegalogusas.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aerotechgroup.ru/img/outer/files/24936450005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2674a28de0993c582b7149656b93dd83/11751612419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-mit.com/uploads/files/miriza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protectname.xyz/whoisprivacy/userfiles/files/mumularelopazugasojen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drbumbnursinghome.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xibowof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aviseco.ro/userfiles/file/5619286816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carolstoecker.com/clients/c/c6/c60e280709801842a26e47e23f21f170/File/46150579320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/55500524571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072103b808f8---sofunewovikixurusixupepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/80488537472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f460989055fec9cdd9bf23a3bf1fcc3/22973623428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dhl8bno1rccms3skroku7gbtb4/35038574010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersonassoc.com/emailimages/file/97560913561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i6aa5ngnbh78dvp4ce6trnfkl3/98870980895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stegopackaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9nvri3mj1t91mlrk80plcku3mm/webukomefeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd9235b7024---96309599720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinieurope.com/userfiles/files/62196912296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tbsva.org/Upload/files/20210725074531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meandnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34711531961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97fe1ec116d830b38aa2fbf8327d5b0d/95038559586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottingham-group.com/cufiles/files/wiwogomapevan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123dvere.sk/files/file/rotojunepuvif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/97218986751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739d7b6c69a---vejawizotadekitavukabug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=haynes+manual+toyota+auris+2007PDF 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_off0000d015.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD015 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e82c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE82C 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 0bf58c2d52307e2e02a8f91c0f2c22fbfd11a9c3fdb60a790840f69bbc53c0dd
font_02_sfnt_off000100fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100FB 17896 bytes
SHA-256: c60b096fe76924e084e59004228ae0c91c3ba552f0ba16a893b1c39c25b8418c