Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a4cafcf2be376ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-08-12 15:01:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 158ab3e23ce1826576693074d75e8b27 SHA-1: 98e49ca778c62e4d51893a37b2b53fc7d4196456 SHA-256: 7a4cafcf2be376efbc217bb34c755daa108decad023f48b6679691e8cb86ac69
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 download and execute malicious payloads. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a potential phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 http://przedszkolenisko.pl/userfiles/file/98268587242.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fultoys.com/userfiles/62545332553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandviewgroupresort.com/upload/files/fisijuwipogitiwasidewoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c28194725295a2c2efd6c0df2734336f/winagepuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/gidavozanepevuzexep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inter-travel.hu/_user/file/7693216607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607849539a2a2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/zusixekoxuxibegeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1c5499281---3237797997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ddeeb01cce---46668194545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allg-gyn.ch/userfiles/file/wozurafixokopeziguxepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160891b1b4acd3---surulovis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7ujumhafmmoegutrhc2n5caov/xepitoporunuxomerurunidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietmoitangoc68.com/upload/files/12684881380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45219104098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/86200530567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c7e5d23ddda674010d43e2a0dd0da42/lokumaxomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d7cd2a434b---novijadikegarinipim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d78ba8d27412b8549bf50f8518c141c/jipuleguzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb0d734465085a13138879397bcee776/85368230389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobergamaschi.it/userfiles/files/fajenikemej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2538305f2c---59882229617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088cd0d0ed17---64430688014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4yoga.by/pics/files/28320980367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=which+herbal+shampoo+is+bestPDF 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_off00010197.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10197 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 9c70b6eaac60b3266cfea0d84b508aa26606ae1e25221041f986b04946fd2008
font_01_sfnt_off000119d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119D3 17684 bytes
SHA-256: 3e57959d12b16f2e528980ca35e4f9d02f17ac9e4df9eb5feafe9c3507990d4d
font_02_sfnt_off000147db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1