Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ff99a864c2b0061…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-13 11:35:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4baaaa0ad27d87ca53fb61ef7cf41333 SHA-1: 8fab0440fcc272fd05943d23dd57d8b7de678070 SHA-256: 7ff99a864c2b00615a0b930c1f490ea4ed754911714d71d4cad143398bc6ddfa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common vector for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites and other disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or to download further 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://roocenter.ru/upload/file/98146171065.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/8848874003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjcfurnituremaker.com/userfiles/files/86284250266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalcareerclub.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/4510178499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunbulsa.org/~ewedd2/userfiles/file/samorobonapipom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddtoyz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30581772543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/59618286857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-jlclgg6a3e.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/75926176321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fab5a4de3dcb2fd788f79ab63ecf6b63/16098028152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnologycenter.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/4037065179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artgraf24.pl/userfiles/file/boguvunulaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0e6ed7245---14178834071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91536384522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gamylai.vn/uploads/files/famabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xutricolor.com/uploadfile/files/jimolakorowodibip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/487c2f6358fc74fac7857a5cdb425242/46637134927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolorubursztynu.kolorubursztynu.pl/web/uploads/files/92910485788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titusauto.hu/kepek/file/37435124552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-oblspl.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voxepokumusebib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarvodayasamaj.uk/upload/files/dapuzexusazitesutolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nhrc8m6kbg38ffeih8bd41t1cd/32219162822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siamsnail.com/media/userfiles/files/38280698021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e8ee732b8d---20728172628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rubivina.com/Images_upload/files/dupiperozasoxilevuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spbmedaks.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/zulikapif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/vixunetetekupugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=allah+loves+you+quotesPDF 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_off0000db17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB17 10316 bytes
SHA-256: 244519d2f1eb58c72fd64e6950428d9097b2ea105f269a208af8fc7ec5e36031
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ab4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AB4 18348 bytes
SHA-256: 3f2f787ef21443a48d4bca8a81aff8eb9e5e6f1926ed116a8956321218057a4c