Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7d72d3245faebbf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-08-25 23:13:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: a9003d343b4eac89847648450ae00238 SHA-1: 04c27e5b1e53a96fc8831781020ea39acf991e7a SHA-256: a7d72d3245faebbffd6ca79ce54bc29fae5c94c524cca1c65bb16d0d0e6360b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef8c90bab7---bafuf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/91931471076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/bilewofevub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chenruichem.com/upload/files/budapexazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efficientinfocomm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7906414861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161161137a7b97---67436476411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078860b760e2---82261344268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90bc45e881e0dba76c70f52ee544d4c8/goxadolozafilosowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zzld.com/uploadfile/file///2021060518573473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5db828f78---sifepotetegivip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bf1efbd456b112725dd4a0127c121fb/zemev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gkecn199r29a8vrk83h3hh89fu/40427017682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca396cfc70---zimoperu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85354216352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/femomakekufami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hmgfinance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39154111800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sport-way.ru/img/file/91037813118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamhanoi247.com/upload/files/81197612204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e75015bd8---doziteva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lazerom.pro/media/file/jolujamekakawafifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamisonfurnace.ca/userfiles/files/xixuzeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laros.cz/UserFiles/file/domoveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g8109smu7v3n6ab6s8hncq8enk/34288246575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=aaron+hall+if+i+can+help+somebodyPDF 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_off0000e638.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE638 16604 bytes
SHA-256: 2937fa522719ac8ad282633742fb9bcddd15cefadbd8cee93942d44c139264b7
font_01_sfnt_off000110de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110DE 11020 bytes
SHA-256: dbaa8c9930a851584a0be709d699a2448759bc4fd34134f541d051bd9ec58f8e
font_02_sfnt_off00012a09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A09 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1