Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7dace4da44174c88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:15:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e23d17b22dae9bdb92b00df9b406ff4b SHA-1: 65f837962a25d85e571b343b5bd059157f34cf45 SHA-256: 7dace4da44174c88a5fb255bd5c2bd46b1cae9c16ade5727821f80feb97af8bb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. Embedded JavaScript is present, likely used to facilitate redirection or further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a17e8e58819ef5853ba71655670dd244/jufimojagozipudisotoz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/zugotevolukigemafid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/15233564793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1dd730f54097b884ad3089b6903ceb3/temilozubup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlandlynxotic.com/clients/7/73/73cf6ae24f8ea70eb1cbac1dff6b0f9e/File/34902530049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d4a501352---lerosudivilapani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-life.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82068483705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0j9or97m7m8cku288fplipbmn8/95733657620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettyloupaints.com/userfiles/files/6254220352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f91d015a0---movupibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/74788035252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/apmtg131f5nsqd56qhk7vperf0/69955466535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pttaccounting.com/userfiles/files/1866707226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4970d627fb8b7b977a23aa949707eae/68772283977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/56561787715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k7mc5p6fvml74ri6co910kl5d3/verasexamuvorogowinawamiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/27399916425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotspot-usa.com/js/upload/files/92602810159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avanti-kuhni.ru/upload/files/15497735705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29c6dd2db634996c9cef21361c56eccd/jijuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dynasty888.com/image/files/20210530_004950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ab0a539ed---27727288949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/derufej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/869b5a7ddf76e2c06c71312dee43609d/kabububipixosule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16124fc5596a91---75768422213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=network+security+devices+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_off0000cbf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBF1 10736 bytes
SHA-256: c6ab20b8151aa3f881fd7447226e0fb3b38de19856a4bed3fdc8d33b9bdf15f3
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4E7 17068 bytes
SHA-256: 1f62058fbcf1204e47258ca82028fd569039cf8eb1b20f8cb9247aef013006a0
font_02_sfnt_off000110cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1