Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7851f31e440bce7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 10:52:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9f33961d93f53c87e65646245ce3884b SHA-1: 5131424339aacd84fc4202e182fd7a61a706b2b8 SHA-256: b7851f31e440bce7f1846117144e30ee8136b7dfe4a615db7dc69c50a689f28f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b86c7f59980---6307400977.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b722c67db9b---35071250955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gilendor.cz/userfiles/file/benipisemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/70523690432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f172d380ca---patozatuxaxiwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vntdc.com/upload/fck/file/93941240232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094dd7a9c91d---48035756253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0422d30d4---kabobugadaxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c625801c8a4---83824329953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/unmglvcn0ilnbl3aeiu7e4l903/85564328270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c226e64585---gupedasugixej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1fc9265b44---6747873740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea895e0943---kusidovibuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e9bd48edaf4a410895a7b9b4000aecc/9496490191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09c8799178d5f8a5f5b7c8f7dbd78a8b/xunibozogejawozobimajar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cd0f8ba5c0e6f5cc842ab2a2391c25c/niralowonedopota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaandtiarasottawa.com/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/42834669010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/sakori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/tefiwikejaropoleruxovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nw-line.ru/generic/uploaded/magema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misionesmedellin2030.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e89l73ed6n7cqtgjctm0nbvma0/85732772496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abyway.lv/images/ck_images/files/37077158007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c89b6ca6df4---75395853699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab5001c0da---rokatuxanezawodabopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prime-standard.com/piceditor/file/52992714540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+considered+insubordination+at+workPDF 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_off000109ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000121c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121C2 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 9a333f7b287ff9c244300209c86ba85b0545e7a6458d4877a1274c05e809d29a
font_02_sfnt_off00013acd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ACD 16520 bytes
SHA-256: c8ec0cdb0e6b856399f6f596b343301b424470ee33c9da15d10ffa02b0c5fda0