Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ff9b3d4aa6e2d4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:23:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2bf4242f637e200af154b8c4f2356fd0 SHA-1: 58525dc67a05ea9bfbe774317cae6e12d5eb10ad SHA-256: 7ff9b3d4aa6e2d4e2901bec094ea59bb13301ef8fe610682e82cd19d0a4eda55
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27768a3c059255793852cb65fedb3ee6/57954001075.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9523a7a6eb---28431380542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurumakaitori-one.com/js/upload/files/48918108548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aakritidigitals.com/userfiles/files/92122356659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grifin.sk/files/6676167349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cacce99151a3b67de6b7bb22fdd4a224/geretoxeluxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1a2ff125e0e7709218bd79f8783c232/64453554926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755eefa611c---75911546289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://officialbacknumber.com/editor_up/57572783910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607362af4a909---16009378546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archielectronics.com/userfiles/files/tirakugajepokezofamubidus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a4b1d7744721291bd84ac050e6995ac/xukikexewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/vusikaxagigibuzoxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/91010970695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bvmnotarissen.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/tewevafoveve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc16b4421eb---27107305233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/73863219760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bcb3ee4e1f---kukosasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicorn-furnitures.com/d/files/60982081611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110dc9b6d263---negafosupejipiniwururo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edouardweil.com/userfiles/file/rufivomefume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87ja5m71ds686jildm456c0rs4/setaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/xozabowukojipejozij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/30150439423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fpole.ru/sadm_files/69247534360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+a+website+using+javaPDF 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_off0000c8c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8C5 16848 bytes
SHA-256: abcc9b40b7cba2d6e38b32a9c7ab18847e35f0ac2e13c2e70c6a8105c7053062
font_01_sfnt_off0000f404.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF404 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C1B 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 1dca365e01cf4e144219f89228c201d2e1cf57afd390323c4d1335b27233363d