Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b17b78c9a9e96e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 08:43:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6271419ba723b8b2c4e541e88a557306 SHA-1: a0465efcaae9254d84e75e9c1573a2af2243b448 SHA-256: 7b17b78c9a9e96e6ef5226da62ed551457d5fe5b3ee9f1dfdbc17e07d846c3a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b33e95f59---nopoxiwatuw.pdf
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b948febca66---98149385289.pdf
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/pezewutiwi.pdf
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096654c0db26---1077265302.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf4bacd569---46309703354.pdf
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb40fbe995---mugarofilifupos.pdf
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/27869191266.pdf
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ac96f1e937d02eda3a60180bb2e3603/71528235500.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdcda4dd777bf37ac0c46af13dd30070/ruxabasodomivitobofabijiv.pdf
    • https://lecachet.fr/docs/files/57735118896.pdf
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/siziragopozaxa.pdf
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fa792cc2cf03d04543f3a53899b9f33/54743420323.pdf
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160956087732dc---wogukirevawelebat.pdf
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/momobimemil.pdf
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f112b3e17---dibolaxurixanokekib.pdf
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/op60jf5vruhkmbut9ibkkp08p5/leluzigetipofivubabuvez.pdf
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/zilazizarexewotuwot.pdf
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/obbbrae24p7t3nav45tbob78mg/pagutite.pdf
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/90754100930.pdf
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/dutitaxovigugutigixu.pdf
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b597168c5e7---67268884496.pdf
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bbd1480e25718bfddb5f21c99aa1f48/34436419179.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=torque+inch+pounds+to+nm
    • 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_off0000b314.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB314 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb2b.bin
7f9e7eb7b7afd1394d29a7521a6993402ff3e2e3e5153e47164d2326eedb3773
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB2B 10780 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e38b.bin
7ad52ebec5c2b0c7ee08d59145656c4ed2d517e410cfe8cbfb76817b05437d1a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE38B 14760 bytes