Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7e68ccc02f9d1fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-08-03 13:50:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1178e548ad9a2e5724f254a1df406e66 SHA-1: 49393fa271f2cd8f7aeed9d6c1059ffa68f507d1 SHA-256: b7e68ccc02f9d1fdb4b278821a8b7a9e48662c20f8f1a2663e662e3866574793
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links appear to be part of a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ef3a4a3000755d8ac49bcf5b255dea1/finotabawelokogowogapo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c51d015bbb5---35405186317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/pugewunegawapobupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2067536ac4---jafafeduxojaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3796671d89---15918122610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://am-system.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91912432918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiteam.org/clients/b/b0/b0c4817036ef1cb73596cc935f3fa86d/File/tozokixozufajuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8071fb6a53---86188704723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santamariamikado.com/uploads/files/kubujilidirasagapugono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a11af661cd90255d11b6c4d995c9405d/tadexatokinijemazomew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zub.ru/userfiles/file/fazage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/50290110295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24cvety.ru/upload/files/rekojijolagamoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4b16add677---pewonusojadoxawabaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nd5m2ip8a8c7cs43po13avgdo5/pezunisebugetajebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/385a6e721acccd3e83bebd5b73a65bd1/gikagilobutidezut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7db4be6009a31e1cc287a6a2fa30ee8e/66832973989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869affa8b9e---pijododajodimawuzafupuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/43060150622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/93513013476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66376b724f4a9ebd6c6ae0911c66652c/zoxegaxotimewigoropojeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a84ea33ffcb---93414782822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f34edb7adae---vozir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c65ba77f6c3c72ca29c24bcb8e376eb3/2823019829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=wwe+2k17+apk+file+download+androidPDF 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_off0000f894.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF894 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000110a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110A6 17020 bytes
SHA-256: e5e675debe35be185c8e50867851290932fedcbb5fa980ea17c2c4295f23776d
font_02_sfnt_off00013d48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D48 10620 bytes
SHA-256: 981047c907f8961f2a93c6331e020b91ef34ff08a8f25cd048ce25fb44a7ca1f