Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7f2fb4340423c2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:13:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ad884bdfbaaedaacb4c8c2d39c72272b SHA-1: 6a6b1929534d821c0df56891cb6c68ed060c826b SHA-256: a7f2fb4340423c2a0a256c7c2c0d2add98c93314ea23a92a2087ce29bc0e5fa7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. The numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign. ClamAV detection and ML classification further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://steelbo.com/uploads/admins/u0/files/20210902014631.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bouwbedrijfansing.nl/userfiles/file/tusalolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bae63b63923---56064419796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d608ed1ecf---63224441008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastwoodfamily.net/userimages/43158964857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oceanstatevolleyball.org/clients/879495/File/reguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proreferee.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/pitudugibilixevibuwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf9cb8f2074---berumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161354a6be7241---varuxufezilili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dennehylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jipivemixeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanaspinler.net/calisma2/files/uploads/77209295532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/848c4279df345f5a8e2c824fc14aa422/42345285050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/29423113614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/18699116373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clickkedai.com/userfiles/file/24080131407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landmanenterprises.com/clients/6/66/660ad4be7ac834282af30b44844c6003/File/botarigavelomez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ededc34ed83---jewojibifakarofij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosungtour.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210714_E887E347AE23E0FC.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021072310494073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/7140019083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608df086bda06---wutov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/foleg8an4odg9j3sn9u4c4p7kd/13311461024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=present+continuous+tense+pdf+exercisesPDF 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_off0000d9ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f201.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF201 18168 bytes
SHA-256: 86bc13663a5dc5372ef3024b446e69346d01b2c98a3906ba73110195be3f81db
font_02_sfnt_off0001209d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1209D 10608 bytes
SHA-256: b3c3f98f77aa0f9a7fce7b67b68de583d9803e7a894785eaf1c7b7c162f7fc27