Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7afff3b2c966ea7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.5 KB Created: 2021-07-18 21:36:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8402ce18a0c20137a7771f9f223cf7f9 SHA-1: ff0f4ec599267980be6a7e883cb74075d18b060a SHA-256: 7afff3b2c966ea7ba910b84ee4bd31e8a1fa3c31b07458d4f060c6832b8bc990
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is structured as a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to drive traffic to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript, while not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, likely contributes to the malicious functionality, potentially by redirecting users or downloading further payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33366c41aae5c5c4f09cc23ca70a3d03/95085110070.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/89455481467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ead6bf3d2---luvogex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siahotel.com/userfiles/files/57609236318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5c9e9ef05---lemem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/576aafdfbdec3874c87d0fe33acf6d02/gikarikamuxiwinume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.ph/app/webroot/img/files/26857677648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210707112152397461cesdzl.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fbc6a0ca38---noxupuwalimatuvik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c887e307a6---92379656643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skrabl.pl/www/rpbd/fck/file/90181032728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/98749283141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmtours.co/aym_image/files/mabagaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/odtr89ns88l701hs804dia9u65/nuzalela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///kitefitito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d6719ff54---bisusorusimegavok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmanagement.net/userfiles/file/xazosipenijafimorafiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c99e5075bf---daximavulusomozojekobabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoplan.su/userfiles/file/91356877040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8a7f7df3a597d382d58cbaf112c1ca6/17791814385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/vodixevixojurokapuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfhconsultancy.nl/userfiles/files/43804586045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmresidences.com/images/bulk_images/files/25858077723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=most+valuable+susan+b+anthony+dollarPDF 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_off0001229f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1229F 17384 bytes
SHA-256: b612fdbfc4bf98c044dde86fc0fc5eb80b732ea243f17faade0053e0d8808ffa
font_01_sfnt_off0001500b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1500B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016822.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16822 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 8efde433efbb33417fe86eb2cf28038bc95ef06389a50874da5c90ffc8098e69