Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b06e4579883c2a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:59:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 8d513ef0cf5e2a1268b0b597866a570e SHA-1: 3bdc2948513fb7c8b81ad9e3583248614a819352 SHA-256: 7b06e4579883c2a78413c5b737e56720a97c33d62657138c61bfca6bfcc5fd77
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or redirection mechanism. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=2010+jeep+wrangler+unlimited+rubicon+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088874d2105c---80796234853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timebymtm.com/upload/files/41906099815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3eyamaichi.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210813124727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ae683e601---foner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hmh.sk/files/articles/file/juvodekutesazudotesot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/tunuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/disuvukamatoxijevob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/6740094967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artside.org/data/temp/file/16077434275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdemlerkoleji.com/resimler/files/difoboweninijoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpetersame.com/clients/9/91/91902b33218228c9a3691be2563b71f1/File/siguwetipedifat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taniaandjohn.com/clients/874109/File/rujuzofomiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyearland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7215700267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/66911230603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuvanthanhlapcongty.biz/upload/ck/files/66575269980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/436e2e3807723871274c0ba94dd694d0/95690163219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/282f1ee3caeafe0bd6704f33edfd3828/duzipodagubejatikuwazutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/34972456667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2942091cc0---lafiroraganexojom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ldgibc3g236523qqlfst16i811/rubolepub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea1ff3be9d---guxifarerobawapajeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ddb5c705f2c9ddac904f304da9fe58d/gigubivaxuxojefatadabub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/328826d88267a0ecab88f94ac4594988/57266611738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e34ee4d050---magofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010362.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10362 11344 bytes
SHA-256: f5101cff15c79fa61703d57dcfaaf56ad341d38fb48c05dc214cdc87b9de00de
font_01_sfnt_off00011db7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DB7 18864 bytes
SHA-256: 681d5dab66281ef12a133d061ad5cab06ee478072c08eaf748bff8d23b6c3edb
font_02_sfnt_off00014f1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1