Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bba052801eb3fa4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 08:15:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 54b9fd68acb0f9dafb4a22f8d0a3afbf SHA-1: b5c6008bfeb8684b7fad3b2646c6223a96370037 SHA-256: 7bba052801eb3fa4a3acde704566dcb68be97795dfabcdc82ba28abeeb7da245
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The heuristics also indicate that the document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload locations. These links likely serve as a distribution point for further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bade83920c6---risezujulataxewiwu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://whiteelephant.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eb2d72aa5b809a361061793235c36c0/45185301368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/rebekawawor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jscorporation.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081478fe9a7d---disiwetaluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hak-al.com/resimler/files/97912366487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f59862939eb---39208158607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusbetaja2.com/contents//files/lunelizuzunele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a920d24c656---14950767242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voziky-paletove.cz/mctree.cz/pictures/other/files/10508722318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisin1977.com/js/upload/files/domepogutafulitimimexotog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076404e05fff---84120224581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991c4d698ec---77263927759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzkontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruduxige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pellevah.com/upload/files/84547918336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulaikhatextile.com/userfiles/files/nasefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870f96c24b3---biwizefupinorajeturusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citranco.com/users/files/fikadodivilitixofutowole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/312a32eea4d4521e639f653dbb0293bf/77308081012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=early+signs+of+sickle+cell+in+babiesPDF 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_off0000cf2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e73f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE73F 17008 bytes
SHA-256: 1bf645028dd8f74dae5d8f54cc2f7735ed77339a36a7d3c6a6384a1d692165de
font_02_sfnt_off0001132f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1132F 10740 bytes
SHA-256: b67c2a29ca8a36f3a34ceebfb438aea6bff9877ccee94b1c8bbd038c4e277c3e