Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7c8ed965be40624…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-30 12:37:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 755d0cd85f80b1db5af14b872510b76b SHA-1: ee20c390655261807770b4771c20bb16e5d5434b SHA-256: b7c8ed965be40624da5e7ad5da96219eb346ebdf0979281eb3440b3a6c8f4425
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, including one pointing to a compromised WordPress upload directory, suggesting it's designed to facilitate the download of a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+free+gold+bars+on+wwe+mayhem PDF link annotation
    • http://kaymccarthy.com/immagini/file/94288287212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/24984899771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4650f4eba0d8a0a96cf59ba2a979eb6e/24001717587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/murogudabifolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bearcatbb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/kikuwukeganogun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58279e2346188d47954d7a24964f1c60/midiwileronefugekosawupak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://la-klamm.org/userfiles/file/43747596459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noticky.net/akce/fotky/file/viwowuwiwagumafabifelowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/21033182206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086df6cb9945---88439025720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb1dc7b2d9---binofojuwexamebawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17ff97f1d8515c04c9bacda06d7a8787/38728382523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mibaririperatixos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbacc34546---53952303727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faw-asia.com/image/upload/files/sujatizamusadoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e89075732aa7b018cb14ec1e18e83ff3/sedikadodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d633720535---ronefozadokifegej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://33mobility.net/uploads/files/muxifulasamusepefuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/pubewakepibene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095fdc8329fd---lawafuvir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ioegaugd3vh1b5jid15m33suef/4255648713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707f7e820dc---15153511135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089342eee08b---vowufuvezapuvugesenowod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/xojiregot.pdfIn 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_off0000fd24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011536.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11536 17260 bytes
SHA-256: f3be433af64311bec652ca22124764d7e0577a6f245daa345abc5afc7d0546e7
font_02_sfnt_off00014224.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14224 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 7bb00a79547f466bea216cbab7448c2fbe4585b4c290ba65879e3d0d5f0de39f