Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7b723881bf959ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:30:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5e34977c06664bba812f18519def19e0 SHA-1: c4d0d04d3757914858db34d628f527974b747092 SHA-256: b7b723881bf959adbebcd69d22d5949ef18323e39c0ba1db0ea9a2cdb3f165d4
222 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links, some pointing to compromised CMS uploads, designed to lure the user into downloading a payload. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a second-stage payload from one of the provided URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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
  • Invisible/repeated PDF links deliver payload file critical PDF_REPEATED_PAYLOAD_LINK_LURE
    PDF uses invisible link annotations and points to a direct payload download. Repeated invisible links or lure-like payload names such as document/unlock/verify archives match malware-delivery PDF carriers where the page is only a prompt and the real payload is fetched from the linked URL.
  • 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.
  • 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.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6cc1f4ac9c---tiruxanovawemumenufa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.videocopilot.net/assets/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8361509879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a65d992aa93---16360636240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b364e5d1282b7dfd18edc920cc980194/vijuliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://commonwealthsportsawards.com/userfiles/file/saziwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d8b840a02---16624589261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757fbceaf83---diveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highspiritsmusic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99318046706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbxab3abskk3a2j.xn--p1ai/media/file/vuwidugonapunalimitivupad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/14296923724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r4jldgunvihd403ggvgqd0l44a/ginogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuboni.com/uploadfile/hong202108170539541266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eeed3204aa---moteporuxaxafagakifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://umutfm.com/resimler/files/lurogorogexetupoputafos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b04e4998ad3---30870807126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesen-und-schenken.de/userfiles/files/tifugapiretarewudosajos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e4d40d4b9318269813099944a1843a2/5012737048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1d2947b0f132233af8a6f6e649164a9/99016395020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murito.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bujabepisokubibenudizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611323d41f9d9---nurazegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djapm.com/userfiles/file/pekiwaropenodujugamugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gok-maciejowice.pl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68480213458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=geography+of+china+worksheetworks.comIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d72b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD72B 19004 bytes
SHA-256: 315805f034c037f9d55eb11327b6817ef104f5b657096836f9bfdcd3d4cf15cf
font_01_sfnt_off0001067a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1067A 11276 bytes
SHA-256: 229b40a74c01beb585d35935dafd065ef3aa1d7bf3f9a96e8fca5c9c137d0c9d
font_02_sfnt_off000120eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1