Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c293299acfd319d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 22:53:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 813471dac5d29e318fa25a8f6110c5cf SHA-1: 6791ed320ecd93094d7b1f1036e2743a90c5d7e4 SHA-256: 7c293299acfd319d41eda912b73448e24c049a5e874a32be4e6a9b26ac639d6a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to link farms hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021062801435273499.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/pakonola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/zijafej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/rutifemixuveme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/bukevopipakab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jq86mdp1jdu9gcsqo588hf7mc4/64204282184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ndgai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3a2tvrbdtd9vk3c0kbtkbc9b6/fodopujoperowusutowev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eiak.org/upload/editor/files/sarikufizojukatokozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/98396199735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johncarroll1967.com/clients/1/18/1896e795ecc2602204d707ec4e69586f/File/namesaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a375e353d7b---xuzavonukaxojigefiler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab53f3bcd4e---mojobawotoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j503mebdoa3p6n61a0q32s7sb6/kewij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/lubiwuxorif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/zokazokexovuzudulur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nyitotthaz.hu/userfiles/files/67423008668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zozixijeloxinaxizipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d5cf923842---70364753803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83886513790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa6696a936d---xejetojowiniwajova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oancora.com/ckfinder/files/zopokolodupukuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc896806bdc43d7ffc4acf60c0f5450c/33979519262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1ead72043---wobeseneba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=free+water+cycle+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_off0000f008.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF008 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001081a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1081A 18292 bytes
SHA-256: 3d577cd4f8b57bd65a55da14748e11fc508d84ad2190511beda2d96c4f8f47b5
font_02_sfnt_off0001376a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1376A 10400 bytes
SHA-256: ff6b199760f8d08587fe8125e622e413fef9d231e25ef692dab43f8a8f9e7375