Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f7768c326ca5331…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:01:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a205f71916391718dca0b49f59cac5d2 SHA-1: 5d71f4e2659b5ab135d2b8caa8a596b11f87a129 SHA-256: 7f7768c326ca533190f0aef9077fa224803f730fc43f1567e9e688cd09d7c6e9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, including those pointing to potentially compromised CMS upload directories, strongly suggests malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further corroborate this, indicating the PDF is likely a phishing or malware distribution vector. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to execute malicious code or redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d134fc89c4---5395734065.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://usefchina.com/uploadfile/file///2021073101222244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a834485f4c5---xazevanetefufopimokobolud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maharajganjtimes.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/mudinavivifitujunato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n5e42kpegsv629r8g89igfrjj5/9695422653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmconcretemixingplant.ru/d/files/90680168323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/82329378248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69e74ff9a691251a96cabc46e1c3f30d/lugewepetivogakumedunapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105b9416e2e8---31589325990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yacpa.org/yacpafiles/file/kabiruxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d35ui4qo6lqjtv2qlvtudll0v7/pomezuses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210629043820432535eir3nh.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://invest.pl/userfiles/file/godofiwevuget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609888399ce1f---bibibowifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07999dd806b79da76e6b0bd53f34935b/pudotejokevomoneji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725f4a11135---taviwezosokolijovofogawuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yonseri.org/userfiles/files/70139816067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098db88b9bd5---30839715503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l8n0505r125pj441nhhggdfq44/bumefiviguzavitewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzsienis.cvzona.lt/resources/img/files/98499282403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posicert.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-17/20210817013917568642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n-production.com/upload/fckeditor/file/zatisulenowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abe8lkea6cnttorbmg1k33mboe/29956254716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funperm.ru/content/file/4380719409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d64c58124b---luluterubutuvopaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=supply+chain+management+by+sunil+chopra+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000f797.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF797 17432 bytes
SHA-256: de194773fc646016ec8e18f01072ec63967812f98de5f1518df40f803c29d606
font_01_sfnt_off00012515.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12515 11580 bytes
SHA-256: aafa29ca90f1ee792d4fe5030d0018b7da7342f8cf243e423efb36327c3658b9
font_02_sfnt_off0001400c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1400C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1