Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7af5352fd9873fb4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.4 KB Created: 2021-07-23 15:58:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 4ee7919373162ad9d4fe523cb08c755d SHA-1: 11457945da1ec84ff767875a775a0bac18b1737f SHA-256: 7af5352fd9873fb4043fd648d4334cee7a0652b14d7d37e81672d12bbb780659
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. This suggests the document is designed to act as a lure, redirecting users to further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

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://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac8f7ed3de2---lilomixivupuvesakupe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gocep.org/data/userfiles/files/vanelinefabenux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bozepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc6ea11488---23748988129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d29b1d05c1a---42278356279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/km15dkoiqp8lcp32vpfms9rkh0/dimovotadex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datatech-int.com/userfiles/file/dinukumov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldnaturalfood.com/image/upload/File/gifevuwijim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benedictinoselrosal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57579805646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/20215161248541929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opuntia.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba80a4480d67901b28607198a63648c8/xexapuwawab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/81337032215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermaktif.com/imgup/file/gadom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf8732f2a26---20518532621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f457e83ca8b49daf9bf37259e5e731f6/jilivapoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d06f4e676---32701818577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76035016493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdfc577cc6ef05fe478f3b0ddf1d4ebe/gibodelakawikitujazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xetaihyundai.net/upload/files/26061862518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailyliving.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91916198932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/dolefizivigodutalopebenoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/9455787040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htchninc.com/d/files/81715125720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=dewalt+drill+torque+chartPDF 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_off00011b47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B47 10528 bytes
SHA-256: 283ef0bf000639563ddae6f8cb7584d2e40e143c5bb3d374bb48cee136272a37
font_01_sfnt_off00013336.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13336 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014b48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B48 17908 bytes
SHA-256: 8e1bcc47619d57743067084ec759165369c2a13aaaf90545a773d638f9ff6e40