Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e97f14a440b9c4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:38:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: eddafdb1ce408dd778891ce3a3e9c8c4 SHA-1: a4f3cc7ad88b91576cabeb4833a2fb63cdde7578 SHA-256: 7e97f14a440b9c4fb51af5cfb72443f1c82b8e5d4f888384f8e0decc610b6cdd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for redirecting users to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=monkey+nuts+meaning PDF link annotation
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8o3i2c820ghskjt3fns2gd6at5/66564401015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s8eqfk94se418bv33hmjpsmgu4/84045070899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vpmemorial.net/images/file/73848180494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murielbellhomes.com/userfiles/files/rikukopufodazasewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2a7f6ff04a0bb0297166e46d0e487ca/wokegoxawerazobirew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliothequedesarts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75777255490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.casestilistas.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/97209479869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/semiwijulewutovege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a84ea33ffcb---93414782822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841f514bea7---donuponunasupekebinem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://farmstead.tw/farmstead/upload/files/7453293631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ei7r6dussc2vme2ckh0fjll5b/4388076891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c010a3505kh6eq5u3q3sppk41f/savosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c03a0f35876---32684416163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xatrbio.com/userfiles/file/12393312816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kr6lto1uc4vgock99n508cnh23/faduzabowudubume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaminarayangm.org/userfiles/file/zolige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filippodelvita.com/demo/userfiles/file/paxuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/files/ruvixudesatefidamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kopari.hu/files/file/gobubovixabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/nugogaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pudopibikuwele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/lijibege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000baaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAAF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2C6 10604 bytes
SHA-256: b2271784c6004bc16ca751f832fbd82577b28ab2a6aedd5d53896b8756e4451c
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB19 16172 bytes
SHA-256: fffed7069a4c61417ec5d610ea034788c745fa190b5d0bad724a37991c02d520

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