Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b9eaeb2bc13a16f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:08:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c0caa37b1df346fe5ec85d5274d8a992 SHA-1: 7521c560bc1d667c09704da958759b941a442e5b SHA-256: 7b9eaeb2bc13a16f74111d0b54209a85784c16161a2b33d8502430cafd03ba35
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious URLs, which are designed to host malicious files or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a25982e9e99---lazupopoxatovopev.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://copab.tn/216mag.svn/uploads/files/lujazavetijenavifob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/68068997740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099bf8bb4ddb---zetexisipuxamilefusujasiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actinq.nl/upload/file/winudoxola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hs8s1lsnutaertjh33pvrq2ekp/1755650603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/40400421803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susanirvine.com/clients/82887/File/83676195905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flygarfield.net/userfiles/file/41007317692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huyndaicaudien.com/upload/files/26783769198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tcf.gov.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69014142293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrad.ch/modules/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/redipireze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202109021905046370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://at2apigroup3.com/contents/files/vanixakiwumanokeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k3projekt.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/fuketagixapopuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608950bb14ae9---kuzakibagajinawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dagmarsvendova.cz/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93713775397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9619bc19d---zoxalava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learnrkb.jugalbandiresearch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tafer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48c36e07c489f8cd067d19bdb243b5a6/23613440446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/remis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloeverajuice.cz/files/file/88520438662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychamsocda.vn/images/userfiles/file/89829823479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vt7dkep9sr579mm3f5bf8jipf9/jemajumonum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6324de71a74bd73f980ad25cb03a459/98919107625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=teach+yourself+computer+science+pdfPDF 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_off0000eb8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB8C 19156 bytes
SHA-256: 35100b735d9f4207925802c592b801613edeb021ffc84cc1e30e70cdf8ed4089
font_01_sfnt_off00011cbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000134d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134D2 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 584d3268515271d5ab98c2b42337a6a68bb86231036ac0eef1442f66043efbd3