Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a9c7567f77a4902…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-07-05 22:09:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e74688ccb1b9449b485a7563fcb7efba SHA-1: a7b8671226a42ced7bb7dbab75d38c14716ba6da SHA-256: 7a9c7567f77a4902791fb90e0f564e7a5452ca25921127279ad757d98a2455dd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://baobianhkhang.com/upload/files/futepidatimesotu.pdf
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c53f10fba2---51094515056.pdf
    • http://halongbaycruises.org/upload/files/72900755159.pdf
    • http://cualuoiskydoor.com/webroot/img/files/lotolepi.pdf
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72pu0p416ql66anmh6cqsrph1i/rawexawebusomotokeminoxa.pdf
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210503105654055218tttua0.pdf
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ldbrutvhqbosso11v4qr21bj4/valabika.pdf
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecb84ca33603344987e03eff5bef5edc/kumisiwixilig.pdf
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be3fc14aae5---mupevozino.pdf
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ead196b1e48684981c32a80c81b3949/deberizesemamexofafap.pdf
    • http://gillsandgeckos.com/userfiles/file/98758136678.pdf
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/12253606616.pdf
    • http://playfromhome.org/clients/4/49/49939bf6a151252ba1adfe53d1befa29/File/5310926410.pdf
    • http://vivaldiskibus.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210703_5E4FF4F8E59237B4.pdf
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3485a328894da8be371e90c2d4f3b55b/52599024774.pdf
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08fd58ce82972335080cc81f4ac495c7/konisolefijubegov.pdf
    • https://harom.ro/files/file/fudugujexewuzanakax.pdf
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609022ee28ed6---ximovepusotinub.pdf
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab3c452b50---pitonukixozejarebe.pdf
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/tazugipomakuta.pdf
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/file/18626776189.pdf
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c91c9c640b6---mekexagoluf.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=most+powerful+arab+country
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b900db9227e92e939c910d8ff2d73a29/dawifusab.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000109bb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109BB 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000121d2.bin
d2cfdf48d7a6fcbded1d73d25f1b22cba15eb5eb943307129bd47311455aa4f0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121D2 10816 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013ad7.bin
60a7abc569540e7fa56b29cd6eb4b840afb9b92ad3babfbd88874635c0c9a171
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AD7 17592 bytes