Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7af59ce28797702b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:15:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 52ce226f04325dc24778cdef0c18e986 SHA-1: 7af92a678c9d550ceb1628b6711a72d131771907 SHA-256: 7af59ce28797702b61f1254f1f544f7871efa7d5f627beec1fa58f2619259699
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 or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://purofirstli.com/userfiles/files/fitavofigelirolebol.pdf
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/53098042549.pdf
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i6e60hetm645hc5ujm1bvhuka4/gesunirobo.pdf
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ranulosakedojepaperuru.pdf
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072484a67dfc---sadafenasiminulazafajowot.pdf
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff432ec7140---pigiliri.pdf
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hovvsopjq389ederdp9s0e8tft/66615892683.pdf
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/nufexozeni.pdf
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c696afd98d9d1c40a325abc5da3d2f05/selovunowar.pdf
    • http://karpatskiles.ru/store/file/8521927905.pdf
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/035d90fb2d7e1071e5fd8ea2c86ea1c5/95198744039.pdf
    • http://lt101shop.com/userfiles/files/9881042131.pdf
    • http://baggiez.net/userfiles/file/14573883205.pdf
    • http://meyergarden.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roleve.pdf
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb5ea44c2f0---xonozenag.pdf
    • http://yenidenyuzlendirme.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waditetasapoduxegusomezuj.pdf
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210605090134244885zp35u3.pdf
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c64404221b5---18232167655.pdf
    • http://travisreunion.com/clients/1/1d/1d9c560ef9ee6310b862f4c9d288d7bd/File/faxenidixipojigemu.pdf
    • http://gloucesterclassof81.com/clients/23558/File/94662780743.pdf
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c554f63e400eb8c12b08822e88e21d8/13877469360.pdf
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878993c6f4a---vedorazaxoriginegime.pdf
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6c6953171d---bidoxudalurovaj.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65c8118072cf616051ca227a911b3b9c/9284157903.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=come+thou+fount+come+thou+king+chords+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_off0000dcf1.bin
0630e34cb9edf8464adb0559cafccb56fc52c432b40409d5003acee053be47d7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCF1 18308 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010d19.bin
bfff6e682e46b5af8abc3090f60ea61214f96dfc4079d4c6025777d7ad343671
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D19 11080 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012690.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12690 16792 bytes