Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7de7ac504e63a3eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-07-20 14:34:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5fe252ca0999e42bb5c0945b49c4c472 SHA-1: e7b7ec6737291656e2d305f1767646c7fa232e2e SHA-256: 7de7ac504e63a3ebf7bafa402895c00a02215f85666f1a197f323146bf4e79ac
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware or lead to phishing sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/30843386539.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da1ce660473---53091452759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etcad.net/np/upfile/file/zejetokozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/61792720046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asvpp.fr/pdf/6736900996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesquebec.ca/clients/f/f5/f58105ca183540932673f5bf18e62671/File/fubasosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billedbutikken.dk/articlefiles/file/67577808921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/janukulafigono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f609cadcb6---17087893059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://footballsod.com/images/ck-uploads/files/81008317453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9216901219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsgpj.com/upfolder/e/files/20210610030404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wych123.com/upload/files/fazafopeguxuzasebula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607424497fa01---donedibatomafawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/dupolowileduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f65adb1490---92908198113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868f7007a2b---58429909113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6055e2fd8f5752c0728aa0878b919187/49347331657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straub-online.ch/userfiles/files/1688349718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopabrang.com/images/files/retolafajomajakokikunobad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747fc9be196---76790648856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c88e2b3a1a---5992746114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/87715312912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=jose+rizal+life+works+and+writings+by+zaide+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_off0000d93d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD93D 16928 bytes
SHA-256: f6dd30b969e71c67433f2c082e90230d9d39cc7c8ebc1404458d7d92afa94147
font_01_sfnt_off00010545.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10545 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 443bf4c30e60a59cf933afe2d5eb05971bf7c39bf7eb77cf176c22d0e59211bd
font_02_sfnt_off00011f2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1