Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e5f8918959feca9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-07-23 07:57:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 37fa949386ef9d1be6cf4ddb98af213d SHA-1: 1e12fa254c3f64f0c93851d7eb0d9851fe8dfb66 SHA-256: 7e5f8918959feca94069241325f78b4fe00145be4dcf669ca95e138ab6a72f19
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) suggests it may be used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or initiate further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/256cfbc497ee5f2df0601ee3428086f3/85457382117.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.de/userfiles/files/kugefira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943db7a3d5f---sedenumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966ca8c2186---85628176041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c31c71549---13619768860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yearbookplus.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/xanovonob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0878bf483c5d5e8bcff4d13859779586/jijumitusufamomewamar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/10907786749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/397e8992e57593297f5d6cca640dbdca/38005947469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nachtruhe.info/up/files/bunilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e2b1278499---dofurenaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bobecoingatlan.com/uploads/editor/file/galetaxowevizorewipen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d8bde428d18fb68d89115a4338b620e/17960191926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3jbujcdig8pqesqmtopmn1tsco/ximujijegef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/xadanezevaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centreforeffectivecoaching.com/media/file/44184832497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1cd24a9513a4cfb0b293a2594fe6005/zawakedabod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/vuriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myupfield.link/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79qk3f00ukij7g51of7oe0mojc/87264346187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15bf1faa3b9dfbbd86dc54ff518b6a80/50405137467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasaitogo.com/uploads/files/potal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pre0sp5i69ecujskj3e04g170r/xopuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuxevajilesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iworking.vn/uploads/files/59524993102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=department+of+land+environment+water+and+planningPDF 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_off0000c5c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dddb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDDB 16084 bytes
SHA-256: 59426e0241824e15a2fa82c082346f15b9f82e23241c33870937717660f61b5d
font_02_sfnt_off0001079a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1079A 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 1d26ef71d8e0c8920236471442a144f90017a92d1e2e15bf6d6fb86bf52f9eb0