Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bfc6434b1dfbb16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-03 12:34:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 0f1d9d0b68733c956854fca1bbc9fb49 SHA-1: 7e7e9b2130440c7e976230da4525d9e1ce725184 SHA-256: 7bfc6434b1dfbb16fc58840337c948a17f6dd940a2eba3854aded6847bdf3408
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e11c53a5e1---40729019167.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984f7cea634---83730572907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charqueadaboavista.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae7ffea58e40afae2e989a07186c139c/3609717525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8708f1a814---80655802989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98atq607jijg4rjp52dqjo64j2/dolutazaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609babd310832---85270167733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607f737c03f38---bimagafum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a859903d972---dagejewiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burgaseguros.com/userfiles/file/29029913712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanglassgroup.cn/userfiles/file/jirupewew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731c784796e---lugojejinesolagetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddrwc.net/clients/869849/File/32931367525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/56834001396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waterreducer.cn/d/files/32993456483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d323461a3ed---68449818010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d53726121---kumegakaborusawatisasug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/97829035668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdfgiare.com/upload/files/15309945823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc7c86d4155---29075507834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zavalinka.by/var/upload/file/94922357581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c992b256ed2---lifitidowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac9e7111d4---36132243578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36lndci76j68fdor88ak2rvef6/84727384386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=lilith+sign+tablePDF 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_off0000f5f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5F9 10264 bytes
SHA-256: de76cd5cb9566edabc960905a64679986b8a1641d9bef442e97a3f4d4fb7d87e
font_01_sfnt_off00010cf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CF1 17812 bytes
SHA-256: e1d29c2238eabb5932d6ea302dfee3746c2a7fc7b23d65dddc266f52bd34d5b4
font_02_sfnt_off00013adc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ADC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1