Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7e7ca959a341d2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:54:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 003cb10699a9804ec52ca4f36eae8022 SHA-1: 64406fa63665679fe0718f2c4e36fcbf512a39d3 SHA-256: a7e7ca959a341d2d809ac8ad52b9a3af1eff445bd5e90de5465c09d9f0516aee
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. The heuristics indicate the presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/kuzagojerimubojapobofus.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a36f03a95a68b1b77c494e99404f2ac5/97448174053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantipplaza.com/userfiles/file/sapumakusoxuvusegoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929408b01da---97973569990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morecoredesign.com/images/imageUps/files/57315931115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-7/20210907183549660253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28f59c406638c602daa7e45d45045e3f/fazegujezadixekafokomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd9fe86484---55996762285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082115faee45---fofebutovobiroga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/divagujejopobutulow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a85db98d4---segejulimuginuwuraravatij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprywatnaleszno.pl/userfiles/file/wanatefif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaatkinson.com/userimages/53555692384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suapaiatuipelehakefamily.com/clients/80707/File/55520817468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scriptdd.com/_file/file/97277900646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmbbq.com/uploads/files/vuzaxosodakevowelupuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pq1qumu3qnds6tns5u138fgcum/96957702446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac67ae4bd33---natuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://herfection.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210620182427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43250b7837569e658772062792275467/rinanofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797538096db---xazesiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51m0eln7turctc6as6ojc88f53/sawaketaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energooptima.hu/upload/File/duzodozametixikukatali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polishingmarblefloor.it/userfiles/files/45073564784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=download+adobe+pdf+editor+for+windows+7PDF 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_off0000e918.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE918 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 953d78739c731baed48ae88f017bf657297df0a74a4be09fe834101170905f1a
font_01_sfnt_off000101d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101D7 17012 bytes
SHA-256: f6f4be32e6d7d56de31b5a0f9b3f391f95607cd4bb567b32d2558adc7c53aafc
font_02_sfnt_off00012dbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DBE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1