Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b2bb98e3eac2630…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:23:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1b77dc4c1fe835fb2b7432478cc6cdc9 SHA-1: 57f60297911b12d7f23ba848b78d8e211de66604 SHA-256: 7b2bb98e3eac2630a98ff65eb328a74eca00d5e4aa0e9a85a50b63090d239312
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links are likely used to redirect users to malicious content, such as phishing pages or malware download sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e800d13013---xopetelesuruwob.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sma-dfgg.org/site/admin/file/21610494099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e385e729a06---limejifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a382beb65---93952804872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eravukappalpalli.com/userfiles/file/54510791250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95752527932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangiyaparishadtoronto.ca/bpt/editor/uploadfiles/22691241546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmealocalpainter.com/insurazon/admin/userfiles/file/wurabefinukibakilufeguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608232bcafbbb---5850500102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adas-muko.pl/photo/file/19720492311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readandenjoy.ae/userfiles/files/26461848352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de9ae1e8a66---kukewibimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cc51106fe0---13844229407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6782a55012---muxorojupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cowmoo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luragoxosunoxitozoregovol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0a9766e580---64867752331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cf45bb5315b606a02bd8634b71c61c2/fusoxegipexiwizikepipime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c09c0d724---58012205908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db87ead4036---kenupefatesona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dollarplus98.com/images/upload/files/rakedibefel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-castiglioni.com/userfiles/files/fawisoxaguxikenutorusen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweetbasketsbyjackie.com/clients/864293/File/63241833920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=chapter+8+boy+in+the+striped+pajamasPDF link annotation
    • https://www.assessment.unibe.ch/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83817155066.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_off0000d985.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD985 11232 bytes
SHA-256: 51a42dbd5bf8c0e9843b66b73f0d5038a0abbbd534f9f6e75e3f85cc41f10632
font_01_sfnt_off0000f376.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF376 17388 bytes
SHA-256: 767efc128a810969d1724f03f402ae14eafa5c3f5bfd5f06bbb30d76fb91c8f7
font_02_sfnt_off00011fef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FEF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1