Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7d036111c64526d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:17:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3127a4ec4b7305c4a8975f0d998abbbd SHA-1: 2916dd52a7c8ad99f0c0ece70d817e026d778b6b SHA-256: a7d036111c64526d90103f51b8f278aa5b672f308981db9c98bbbe5a0a6404a2
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading and executing additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fdcd56a2f3---tedezo.pdf
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af118cd167---71709365584.pdf
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06737a060c---rovofotapekukakofurumod.pdf
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bab57a47e67---nalumekojegazofur.pdf
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11721801695.pdf
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/982b321e03affcccbac0c4e4fcf5cdc7/xusaxezewarumotekipazib.pdf
    • https://martabaktelor.com/contents//files/83897554102.pdf
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607efa45cfb4b---kelefodiboxomux.pdf
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-24/20210524000140996996.pdf
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartistbiography.com/clientMedia/file/7067873747.pdf
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01d93f9b5578a14017f84e48e54285a8/39296559815.pdf
    • https://idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77632057619.pdf
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3f88884542---soxosijomutemositabofet.pdf
    • https://bestrecycledautoparts.net/images_i/file/11288076904.pdf
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d432588c39e---tapez.pdf
    • http://karcannakliyat.com/userfiles/file/71511176076.pdf
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n14n5q0hujtv7lp7t55aq9jfr2/wamos.pdf
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081076ce2a23---zelaxivabagaputefu.pdf
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f3i0sqjr5fvnsfo5ct00krsq9/72654356947.pdf
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095856b39ffd---sufiruwukogidalujusegabi.pdf
    • https://perfecthospitals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76235294758.pdf
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bunasidin.pdf
    • http://sanitaerprofi.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/nevudipupunivipuxe.pdf
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fac23d6045f504b886063824224dc19a/22723163996.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=crane+fly+life+cycle
    • 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_off0000d808.bin
a02a48089e267ddd3ebc8e2c664cf3a2e7486514c92d108e19196703aefcbf0e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD808 10088 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee93.bin
470d5fe0f231426c856a4f234da82c039357dbcf9e9b776623c8f811e7822d2e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE93 17860 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011cb9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CB9 16792 bytes