Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7b85f5e2354b0d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:29:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: afb5c195d6f1fa854caff9a3037aaf41 SHA-1: 010d9621a8c370e17cfa7855163f7aff0a86c65b SHA-256: a7b85f5e2354b0d80c378918a4a08bf3e5c20d6d845cbdcff45eb0d1365633ff
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a large number of links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The document likely attempts to trick users into downloading further malicious content or visiting malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e20606011---62805041385.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://limpiezasinasel.com/userfiles/files/31798503534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hdt6popq8qpjv8vdn7d5toslg4/76128313444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kajo-frings.de/userfiles/file/76201991647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f749a893e3ac52fb2320d8380e2a6b7d/83650438954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vandervalk.reviews/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/22974003285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elsadaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95553383869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nomaquito-travel.com/editor-images/bizifazegexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grgct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gariginovazume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/bijuziza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/58582184358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thibangoto.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/zegufuzizezulewone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a429235114e---52837734586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubmaniacr.com/campannas/file/99883501973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yishiweb.com/upfiles/files/20210721_163506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caigeshi.com/uploadfile/file/2021061908431073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birudongker.com/contents//files/27788656574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diencohoanghuy.com/media/ftp/file/kikulufinaxenutelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1snrpaulista.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lotilononojejiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buvovoviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/62031047037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30475dd546f94a6d8fa0f4579f588c3f/fejatojup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lpxs168.com/filespath/files/20210814135106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brunagabriele.it/userfiles/files/wakinifojufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd32b0edfa---24520804655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=metacentric+height+experiment+manualPDF 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_off0000cb64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB64 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e37b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE37B 10728 bytes
SHA-256: b08cd0b057aac344604faa51bc9e77c9de49b132428bc35c31475551a959ca16
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBEC 18356 bytes
SHA-256: d76446b183d1f2694262dca7155af22ea9e762139f2a1d38acda0db04b45c3af