Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c29e9f99d25ebdd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:10:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 2fcef0f3e2951db7d4a047d116f0a486 SHA-1: 353b493863af917643a1bb61c47d4ce9d65de7fd SHA-256: 7c29e9f99d25ebddccb046e6267ad8fe760a50de7aaed68e650f0ec268f2508d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and contains embedded JavaScript. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an active exploitation attempt within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071fc0b329fd---duserusim.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-5/20210705192316697253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607171b071003---dijidenivevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/bokuzajasene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovistar-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59059274208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1ec2e709c6f499335e12482d24faf7b/31153149234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urjabatteries.in/userfiles/file/65406704098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namdolove.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210704_1F3C13A6A7AC22F4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bendhigh1970.com/clients/1/10/106e6567aa8bd3cecf4080670b11bd10/File/nozevamizejugojevurowil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f236ec0ced3---71212355862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ah3n7cgpurqb38ae6ngpgl37e2/55188952016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinity-pro.ru/userfiles/file/teperagulabewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a275e0a3858---57494231807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faurau.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/pujaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/60230834065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-eamplus.de/web/editor/files/79835490097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apinero.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3697290bc---19682793628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099eb3547ac9---pofazeniwokoluvone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0lfppj4rtq27p76lc3h2vd2pf9/17429184563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcwenhua.com/uploadimg/file/16256152061964449367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.net/userfiles/file/pudimixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/bakajufejaniwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghibms.com/userfiles/files/66605181907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=envision+math+2.0+grade+4+workbook+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_off0000de13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE13 18780 bytes
SHA-256: 58b226a30c7da6a254bd0070a73090b63fdf0203eab767e54534dfd4c1df6a79
font_01_sfnt_off00010f51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F51 11652 bytes
SHA-256: cb5624493bfaccebfc61109f088aa8404c116da492b204176fdb41e36dc1bfac
font_02_sfnt_off00012a8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A8C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1