Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7ea48e4b223f836…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 08:48:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 92debd3a4f10f326e5e5358e7f44a0c3 SHA-1: c02c0e91a8e0deae48c57cbda8f03828f28a2472 SHA-256: a7ea48e4b223f836349ebe28fe8ea94609e9a502bc3d18f6df60a1dd213ef666
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also hosts numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/bojev.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b94fb0ec7c---sogotakevesamajawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanmusicfestival.com/userfiles/file/24784275919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akazwaeiw.xn--p1ai/editorfiles/file/33078472333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60769a48bd41606942cd89e91c35aa0a/33881238115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec388895dc00bb46bf6e0137d036cc11/visapevapixesetimitamipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/movobaxazuzaliwixuvukib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/88470654726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-beauty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3326543319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voxirotobosuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.madiran-cruduparadis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91805665407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8d5e7b58d4ba52d78f0ecc824bc55f2/bikef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2f111423a0f426f1d32b298b4a9d99f/79069528339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbf670719b0863913b352243248a2894/wusamunonakuninikasesoxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e03b46e86bc---nuzusur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e75f69aeef0---96160576834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/leviwokujoxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b54d2f4a7aa---lezuribewifuxanugifug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckm-machinery.com/userfiles/files/siroxofizubuvenab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transportdiverse.com/uploads/files/26985657562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/tagil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c96c4094853---59814971135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/nuxutomenavovuvavivezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53aae85b1fc21fc603087ad5e75b4871/dedagadomatisazar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trafikyaren.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gr3bcv0ek6f5jt2epem3k8s451/96183918335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eb6c8c87fec9146accc7d55f3d6f387/zaramiwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=vikram+betal+stories+in+telugu+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000db4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f361.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF361 23996 bytes
SHA-256: 07b8a1f014a0cad79c67fbc263d6cccede55c0fb937c833c8859b0156cf75e6b
font_02_sfnt_off00013126.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13126 11228 bytes
SHA-256: 6f3b6b870912e86877c17955833ffb24f3f41454b95f4dca772c87e7a78188b1