Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95bc7d4b90e1aa99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.0 KB Created: 2021-08-21 14:02:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1604eab703e0070a6368949ffbbf64bc SHA-1: c46d2276115bd8bd74fe724ccfd0c311d1111765 SHA-256: 95bc7d4b90e1aa99d8cfb3adca8501793409def968e74ef947dfe5efe3f5726d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious code or redirect users. The PDF also functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The primary attack pattern involves redirecting users through a series of links, likely to a phishing page or a malware download site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://villanakarin.com/userfiles/files/17444507523.pdf
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929dc7ce9a9---37269844759.pdf
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32337007932.pdf
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1q036uu0he2k6sjpmfb6m20jt4/dalixuxorimutoxenosaxawe.pdf
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1deb460b16---32628204015.pdf
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5vujmohs7uqg4o0146hvdkis4/zavimixufa.pdf
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/79953260144.pdf
    • http://tochuchoinghi.org/files/62263187490.pdf
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef31d59ec495918c651e643c0ce83a63/wogudupazidug.pdf
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e8adb90c5---25145614797.pdf
    • http://hevolta.com/upload/file/37813664331.pdf
    • https://solidpractise.com/files/userfiles/file/89156233680.pdf
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c3e616db55570277bdf4f3fbbe9d67d/44407746824.pdf
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/biguledipuzubopaninafur.pdf
    • https://www.hemingway.bg/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68146361701.pdf
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073081b29638---55749866070.pdf
    • http://thanuyentea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/savewusoboxunedikozuj.pdf
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9b72358080dae6ade6a0471bc7e1bf5/46219810610.pdf
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fe0f64f51e---1057576352.pdf
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/mewatogefewa.pdf
    • https://sbmhavacilik.com/userfiles/file/darejo.pdf
    • http://copy2d.com/ftp/image/file/bazobelixabowebanapoz.pdf
    • http://purepoem.com/resource/docContentImg/file/2021-07-23/9d882580869851c26197dbde8b168141.pdf
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be30ee7958f---99206083563.pdf
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160800c2d2e9e1---vonitugigoloti.pdf
    • https://sp-pir.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46d238c68c2d38e0b45016210de2f555/3180069244.pdf
    • https://journeywithmypet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puzoxuri.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=the+legend+of+the+blue+sea+episode+1+eng+sub+facebook
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000123ba.bin
e022cf32a338d278617b53adc3847eaf1cbaf7db24609945d72db39059e3c108
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123BA 17296 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00014fa9.bin
afb3e22b19ef55a68137f2699eac9e4dd59701856796da41a05c4cd68c4d98ff
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FA9 11144 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00016949.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16949 16792 bytes