Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ebef1ce5a8aee05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:02:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8c7e86968e4df5556025865d6ef970e9 SHA-1: e8ef2d483eed625da5035a16508895fcb1b8530e SHA-256: 7ebef1ce5a8aee050349a692ec37307f473ac96c72d7eb21f112ef28e1289eca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to further exploit the user or download additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d16914a1eb---90062768757.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://prosperitas.be/data/assets/file/97740154108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurumakaitori-one.com/js/upload/files/93500435183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63fad5f7b5f1ab101bab35f3d2565034/9107193664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronixdeflection.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/15269177166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monarchiaerembolt.hu/tmp/85003224927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7bb7add83---modesusosenalub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd8626dccd---tisigotaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/nevixuwisoposavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b46a6b42e63---takesap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/maxawabogijifujifezoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qalmbvtks2k5m4ere8q5jrba6s/16138921488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cea2702b3f---45999169549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-souz.com/userfiles/file/kagidovikojofelawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uilq4rq27up07iisohvcjgvojv/10760927740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santeh.md/img/files/rijibaxador.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kilincsweb.hu/fileok/file/wipufinenawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85e673f9043f8f638c8b202530d92204/zefik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxflowfans.com/userfiles/file/40023584325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd07684911---66186611816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097c8970c0bd---didokulogoxenolowub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sname.org.tw/sname/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zajijevefolonaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612203ddf2064---14992247744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vandiestbrandstoffen.be/uploads/files/46172920143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tradeweb.es/userfiles/file/24028072783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sicurezzaips.it/uploads/file/pizawotitunipowofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=learning+electronics+for+beginners+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_off0000d8d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0E7 17200 bytes
SHA-256: 65f9b3b1e2cfcf7a8dd48011ceed7096050aeb20b9a2fb11135c5e049a813b94
font_02_sfnt_off00011ca1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CA1 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 1af460d5e417c728c21499f585e18bf191476be13a3326b04959ee6c3107e320

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