Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bb5dbede53d9ad7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:43:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3a191a9833584ed7e65f5bb082f98970 SHA-1: c0635baa04ad0c7159cf2bbb8b9bb3e69455dcfd SHA-256: 7bb5dbede53d9ad796193acfb60529f5ea8053e40e4b521d2bb86fbf906c288a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised WordPress upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of malicious content, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://tourgardan.com/basefile/tourgardancom/files/navijuxidedinakux.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/764aa924b76f2444df2519b4d99ec699/67658501423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7119c24413---gemevuwovativipozini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahattinburyan.com/userfiles/file/vurexupuzurib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/78709772010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bud-drog.pl/userfiles/file/82347235297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/zexonuxebubofolibawagutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843d8701b0c---vubaniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a3bb97b5e---35796600785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urgentcarepb.net/userfiles/file/30751375915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifo-sea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bikiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/26061645120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/92383581868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nollve.com/img/editor/image/file/74129044302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljuboori.com/userfiles/files/77232972075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cddc2bfddeaa346fd7a5d96719370dc6/22414851460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7757792093---golowisirazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e96deecea637a6b85d8df4c7bff489d/wopebuwowarok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mbjarrahi.com/UploadedFiles/New/file/gituxovokasopotor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ebe3b1cafc---tisapisuremo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/wezogopimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/217948577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anysoldierfundraiser.com/clients/a/af/af293656121fcb8b60a8c910089dd81c/File/86414228277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948f5730b86---1625441877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaget.ru/userfiles/files/zejejugufawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=estimating+gradient+of+curve+worksheetPDF 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_off0000d621.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD621 17604 bytes
SHA-256: 4e16a6f3f6e54f8aca14026f0244752393f47a1f9904d35d100b1c2ef19cd3ea
font_01_sfnt_off00010448.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10448 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 0bb85f387d11dd27579a3f46c56913b20c03026fc7887e0d5cfcbfa490017c29
font_02_sfnt_off00011e30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1