Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d9c14b3fec0de7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 21:52:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 35b60c5966c4f5ed3af187d283249381 SHA-1: 9345f91d3aa8d12d976926a03a237ad344a929fa SHA-256: 7d9c14b3fec0de7ca4638bdeb5cac88d437b07da58d8517dfa05682a2a04722a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phishing lures. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://michelesherrinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/45628518782.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f9c58c6a89fdbc53aa93eaeecf5e333/35638721788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160962b3ee0d66---nidobunenijubozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/96473064487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/pizuludonogusixumitusisos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4a291b50d---judimoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878a9cc2024---55182298172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubsecurite.fr/webroot/upload/files/benax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5879e86d6---lozavaduliwomilijela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f76cb8c16e83e84e60f32140f97e5524/2601928705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cappellastudio.it/userfiles/files/wotiwefevug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7e2d830fc---4815304801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/th0sp0dte241uqssaq4mudo61d/69117341464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isystem.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wijipatatibofuvitubakeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bvk3g8tr9esjm1nnhb269ios11/56933060947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609208a1a0c73---mekitetepikezoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diphong.com/uploads/jamoxefimexekeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608630dca0eaa---bodasomuzedofizarexej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab36646f380---letibibokorirusef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a46e4b5c145---tosoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e20654319f---69479485955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0111fc465e097c58d8435687532d92f/67272888760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=distributive+law+of+multiplication+over+subtractionPDF 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_off0001004d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1004D 18444 bytes
SHA-256: 8ddafa87bc07b57cf6f2446ff18a5dd2c46e149745e2cf460ceeea269825d006
font_01_sfnt_off00013112.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13112 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014929.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14929 11036 bytes
SHA-256: b4a03c564f514b2a107a791c03d22bb7a6dd6dacc7546ab8bd8a15ebab9ca886