Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7def97769aa6c4e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-12 07:24:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 10d0bce616965a6dfe776a81fff63418 SHA-1: 918a6a0944c046eee2080c89464bcb0a7462fc67 SHA-256: 7def97769aa6c4e21f4959abe31317f1d6c2a998549abba583e31857b9a31cff
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303c2c97f49---49021085063.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kultmotor.hu/images/files/9000878245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youil.org/userData/board/file/dodegapedagenumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yetisirkaucuk.com/firma/files/23811056197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebco.ru/images/file/9386348781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dallaslandscapedesign.com/media/files/82775014785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northern-japan.com/image/upload/File/45393080416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi.com/contents/files/dugupotidigegugidupas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matricula.netlandschool.cl/files/76876046332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konyaalotaksi.com/userfiles/file/jitirewutoxafikejafegixuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readandenjoy.ae/userfiles/files/wadumilawegujona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tepatsasaran.com/contents/files/10022404960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/weginijelerokukatarajogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.com/userfiles/file/10647242559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stephankeppel.com/userfiles/file/76896715644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belly.bpv.su/content/files/files/64318316060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongzzang.com/userfiles/file///84160168019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346ff8f1442---vuxolidagulirapilujizon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/5636345934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chablis-gautherin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bofokexexafexolisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viral-list-machine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/64844611984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58768312544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merrygoldholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81082520305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb0f262f78401018067fa9e5db43beb2/81564413211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wm-meyer.de/meyer/admin/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32042123307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessincasey.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11224786096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=ios+wifi+qr+codePDF 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_off0000e402.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE402 17112 bytes
SHA-256: 88abbd5134d8717bc5e2ea28d143255896882f5f6124b8a66bcc2df882128dad
font_01_sfnt_off00011075.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11075 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001288c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1288C 10240 bytes
SHA-256: 1b30b0beb1468d8e338688245e3306940997fb4e13577da1e3d5264d3b07856b