Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a88e80f3ca43fde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-21 10:45:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 216139fbe1a1eaa03da55fefaab5d026 SHA-1: e3b1a52bb5b847761c6d633df57a90b65998db3d SHA-256: 7a88e80f3ca43fde80be5db7a0cc049cebb6009d65a9c047634b6963f24140af
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of JavaScript indicates potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading additional payloads or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161403e9c9c1c0---wugatigaxomowute.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7d977ae25e6325de52082bf2d50c295/lagurilenapokuxuwadabekop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuli-china.ru/d/files/wexaxunedikib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korea-seals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89689590343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55895a9a2d8db77b755b7df3daf9e89b/63011645154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megatex.ua/images/uploads/file/dijorex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardens-spa.com/user_pict/file/bitogusodefotibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68320339866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinecommerce.bg/uploads/pages/files/85197161268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techielingo.com/fck_uploads/files/lolumegimawowojewixiwuren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-trading-knotwork.com/uploads/media/laduwefoxatuwegunezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzlerranch.com/userimages/90791536617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/14573611814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everestlodgelukla.com/userfiles/file/juginodagugulanojonowira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolkataangikar.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29833945407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambridgekapurthala.com/damana/userfiles/file/81807116428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landtop.com/filespath/files/20210905110853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68e554f2f652cb9512bdabc3fb73c290/21243616380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stormester.no/files/file/91382994737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d1a957712cc3611f3d8e99326e93765/wofeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamitobe.ru/files/file/sajurusilefijimowuxexagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitsubishilongbien.vn/images/ckeditor/files/fitonolij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joeun-it.com/userData/board/file/19133993042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stainless-faucet.com/uploads/htmlupload/files/kavulugujanufar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukinserv.hu/file/ladij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f84fc1026f---takagirefinugesetekuwati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=best+apk+clonerPDF 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_off0000e835.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE835 10420 bytes
SHA-256: b3ee4998535d1241bd4c34f250c568c5c3cab93fc63d5d35dd0da17a8bbee0e8
font_01_sfnt_off0001000b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1000B 16964 bytes
SHA-256: 6f8294739befeef2c488aa8f41e2e1635bde9e4f8c85cf283049d83251aabcd5
font_02_sfnt_off00012b83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B83 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1