Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7cf754ae75def4bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-15 11:38:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 05c7511d46c9e8f3cb7a938e36b99034 SHA-1: af96950a5d93d3ee9c94e11e1b502d84dd0ced49 SHA-256: 7cf754ae75def4bf15ebc0156ca13e57ecbea75a19efdae433162dc4e73721db
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5779663781.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db0314b566---5270346000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f660e1e7834aab6f16fd3ec1a21639f/20474012304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813520c00c2---fusuxokup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9184051ce---81551545168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210531080011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2027fa5d11---14241657173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icmasistemas.com/userfiles/files/kuronun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852d1fd1874---japajeterunobaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texasstatealphaxialumnae.com/clients/f/fe/fe72632f573fdc77cca6b85875c63e8a/File/bulijoladidiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f15a911ee---36050291011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5178f1d38f---sofukunixenavefevufonis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-eko.eu/files/file/tufepim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maggies-handmade.com/UserFiles/files/nuvumoboloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf27cd97525---21751783682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/73770547314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tanyadantus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a26254e8bdf72c17c35ec847d3db7b2e/72491669688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/obtio9n43a6857j1kc1ktmugiq/16316258575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855ab4de954---33877224949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad1261104dd---41359601230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matthewsmillsreunion.com/clients/c/c7/c7863f7b93cb17915b2a89d887155530/File/madasenegijunulorojok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newtarrytowndeli.com/uploads/files/vobelavajivugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bca07eb7c780fcdc5fe8e5c40125314d/30900150591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/kadivinepuxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetfanini.eu/userfiles/files/6418049798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=language+files+12th+edition+answer+key+chapter+4PDF 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_off0000ebdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBDF 17396 bytes
SHA-256: e9dc7ca0c8a86e9b1389ca5abbf7ffde5d6f4e4a87be192f5eb07ffd3144d9ff
font_01_sfnt_off000119b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000131c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131C9 11496 bytes
SHA-256: a71b02d837ee527ff1f228679390f85eb240e55eaf6c7107cfe1d75c9be8c82c