Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7da7bbc20f3fc0be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.7 KB Created: 2021-07-26 02:13:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e3a0db4c31f9094f310d48da74d572f9 SHA-1: 81e688db54aa116ac858383888a40661c07b5611 SHA-256: 7da7bbc20f3fc0bef9c8fbd8c7624debe6f76f5af8b6635ca38b2f89e88a1dca
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection or further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.jscorporation.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da77d3a228---gabud.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dominoliberec.eu/images/file/files/demizuvegudeluzozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tikatalog.sk/_files/file/firafapurujuvapalafirov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4239c2720f92a2cc8b168dae32172cc9/92364070790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/14939425890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a53d892a03914c52898f014025f33784/10515135916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zionapostolicministries.org/uploads/files/vokosamuwesisoxorapox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilygrilltogo.com/uploads/files/58286476636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thinkglobalcompliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20880544667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9804fe6f929fac0e901e24a277cfecbc/96524775504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/65374154954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h62brh5ksleo8ho4vhck6solu6/jijupitisikopagonidejufas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/71812909849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d77ed75bbbb---vetigemagubuzox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4453a50da8---dedoxoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chupwo.com/editor_upload/file/59181037711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1d8e8c56b4---97850102477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemoroidklinigi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607132f520510---wotaluzazijozinunenagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/gikaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160973d2a65274---6847276455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b146087ac0a---48487795521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ad50d85ccede72877a7a8f9bdaef26e/8655402931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://publicbridge.pl/userfiles/file/buzovuzoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba4e887fb99---rezafojajuwemefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=spalding+60+portable+basketball+system+manualPDF 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_off00010c47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001245e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1245E 11548 bytes
SHA-256: b450baf3a72661c98d9f29a41ccfc140d8e8fbaa0f62b5f00c73874385013bfe
font_02_sfnt_off00013f46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F46 18572 bytes
SHA-256: 652e503042f5d6139139224024d286a5ba1382d8da123283adeac63555a66ae2