Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7eb3cf78700b42a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:54:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 9c69cf1fd08fe152982b434767be0900 SHA-1: 5477b17ce33ffba59abe2b883a47638ae6bbfe2c SHA-256: 7eb3cf78700b42a7a6c8255647028ff172d04cbf5b4a511075bc15bfe739699e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous external URLs were found, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or downloader document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://sqc.jp/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/safapaxibotuma.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bigcool.net/webroot/img/files/samiwudinoxusip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/84387451540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b787436545d---8146685039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a63faa37569---12578885057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc918d615a---mafibowegepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wami.cc/data/files/2310109083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18mei1qtglf4uppedpskahf6j9/39833023769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b670572138f7855f6bf6894afd7c6dda/vavexepugaluboli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/86043263879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2kk6bsj6efuufpace3k8b4b6q5/rubiraduvarezozivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gsh1gkhbbr386eurgkuo5c6k97/34352312080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ashleymongolia.mn/uploads/files/25599488892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882c8095346---texaxazaroridoxumexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/13425834017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vixeporapifadomadebeletu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f512472a10---93173927181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b6ac29ea11---85549513364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/xevoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jocoseatee.com/userfiles/files/jawipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877c02c41a9---2713798956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/7762313651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee63c2a643dc6c52121a11e67272942b/90419483189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=least+common+multiple+worksheets+with+answer+keyPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/26528787401.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_off0000d09e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD09E 18588 bytes
SHA-256: 0b85fe563bc715a4ea66a020b7d084585bbe65da821433e4f293bdd2cc9d4e14
font_01_sfnt_off000100a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000118c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118C0 10988 bytes
SHA-256: ed9c9e7a393a675b8d6fce9845fb6769ec2a57bd852ecd2436db0ccac1460d99