Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0b7e7393ca04864…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:01:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d733c398a183a7597274d01da9b789ec SHA-1: 7c6fcf081fbbe96bda42a22b3c31cb784392c0fa SHA-256: a0b7e7393ca04864200a75bfc6719ccbe37f87b2331b492f313d2edd4ccd6179
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with several URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

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://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/782ed59e4ccb5acb2b4841a3dd6df48f/zipudotakumudumabe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca1c79373bc---bibofozimujunumadunute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/dimopaseganajigeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plafondchauffant.fr//img/user/file/66817135091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15d832cdcfbb3509ee80b2314a76dcd2/vajokovifif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damvua.com/damvua/public/images/files/5761771626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evrenmentese.com/upload/ckfinder/files/57909141739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/20942590004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j6f6t5o6usi7493ep8sm6na9p2/53855642922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/76992077395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec203ad43614fe98857a7cea79172a75/52191305461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaatlantida.com/userfiles/file///fasegenutamunidizudunemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factblogs.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/tamupaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdfcc05327a---8565342578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuwangnam.com/user_file/file/gixizuzumodaxutobuseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaneighbors.com/userimages/pubedatiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kibijavanozen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d55a046773abfcfb79a5b0016190a70/88577299565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhuoer.ltd/userfiles/file/nakewarel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e23dd8996---89074903755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuvepogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8d6a3460a---31374141947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109782c8117e---sufipawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biswasi.com/userfiles/files/73241413364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xpressup.com/userfiles/file/78698917792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/221b3ebf5bacfa957f0cbe8112ae46a4/sawelonaxonesufutufov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1d29a77d39dbb9748fbcdb5406cb888/garawatifabovedazir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=life+skills+lecture+notes+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_off00011b1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B1F 18308 bytes
SHA-256: aea174a2982d93f6a5c62f7b6d8233cfb1bf616574429c3c7621ed2ad81fecda
font_01_sfnt_off000149e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000161f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x161F8 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 39ebc65ed09ea33187280e604435f8708e4e41d246718a60f230d7a519233767