Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7ea628623c78c7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 21:36:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 773f3a7b8ab4fa341e4c63fb12866b3b SHA-1: ae236dfd55c5921aa5331b00d6f753dd5caa044d SHA-256: a7ea628623c78c7f6136498119097b82363cea649f5652cb0405252d912f3fc8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103d765a0bdb---72162766715.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90g7e7cdk4mf9qr91mjqgdua0v/kiravorapilumimusel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetusmeter.com/images/upload/File/kosuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomas-music.com/contents//files/92443582471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dade666.com/userfiles/202106file/2021061807540170554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rusudorovaxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitchelllawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/23003538507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amidoux-peintures.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fogojivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gojjang.com/uploads/files/65590001599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06db6d4880---27997546202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/wufekalelusurakixiwan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/difusivedibekizotezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aluvascientific.com/UserFiles/file/5773942783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95b0bd8d0fd43ca62b1c355b5027e333/pulixavokasokizozefura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd1409a1d10df0bde08ad32c22a7a16e/zuneredifokuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757bb97fc4d---25869467599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082974425084---8182277606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e3ef8255e---nizexanakelifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewald.ru/content/Files/17482252232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zibarajabi.com/cache/fck_files/file/16410634261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae4f5cb267---buxiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05275402b0c1609af6a75af3802e24dc/buzaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easytravel63.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lupisametapenezati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pb99677fdh8e5u134e881eoekh/barobej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msiutilities.biz/documents/zidum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=hardest+manual+labour+jobsPDF 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_off00012e58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E58 10680 bytes
SHA-256: 77781bb36aab9e463e3fc15178b4f3a46f77d281a263fadcc501f3db837cf020
font_01_sfnt_off000146c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146C0 18124 bytes
SHA-256: 85e986b48e92d01f99e946002b18e87d1fb0893621682193dfce25cb60207aa3
font_02_sfnt_off00017658.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17658 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1