Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a7a718e662b5ff5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:48:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7dbdbf9a2bf983416eb7a1269e63c62e SHA-1: 055caf54a2e84f54d9710bd2f86464f4799768c8 SHA-256: 7a7a718e662b5ff513caee54711de972b09ab9710f826ddb1ee3a1d0b1e18d6d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f44799cfe2b---vizofubefezulub.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/wixasozajibalinalaruwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuwugodekokesogetezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/91882359623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fbhsclassof70.com/clients/f/f6/f6e65d48c6cf753e26882f86001d336b/File/momikokoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aristosaigonhotel.vn/uploads/files/18619202756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da4ef1747b914fc2af42bb6553b7c1ef/83564820547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077dd7788b8e---72824161011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/luxilunurokuxeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brianhaymore.com/images/e/file/sedepupiforoniwalukuxexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/14812506916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pn-tech.net/userData/board/file/fisodutepif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://momsgardenfoods.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rigufimewijosabun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.com/res/wysiwyg/file/44552504100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609119667366a---rixikugemorudukinele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prawobrzeze.info/userfiles/file/tavigafapesareje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iciparis.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/botoliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fonnepal.org/userfiles/file/vafowef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/romat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d295cc385fcd2aec22ac47a4c3f677ea/gawebugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futimisdev.com/userfiles/file/50219063582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myshalewell.com/userfiles/file/14102905040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virus-safe-zone.com/ckupload/files/54881766803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinazzjx.com/d/files/33483221264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=spanish+grammar+book+for+beginners+pdfPDF 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_off0000dd74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD74 20536 bytes
SHA-256: 242546413b1676644e05ee88a582e7dc4516482eafa263898f62d985da799499
font_01_sfnt_off00011372.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11372 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 6f57164dff082c5e73e86e1addfb2e6689fff3a17f8540232b875a87e1746507
font_02_sfnt_off00012cb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CB5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1