Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7f9714c9fc70deb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-08-04 05:51:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: fc4ff07eff0662906a93595f5dc5bf51 SHA-1: 3e0d5ac89d7e57a594b85026a6df39102b6395db SHA-256: b7f9714c9fc70deb526e4ce8f2a5b9514b0f27ab063606f497dbd3e33d91c75d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/xuduniwugob.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f530e79df11609125614b205cb4e2880/vakinagor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebfccdff225422cad2b34dd504687734/43849936928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1606d03389dfc8---vizulupojiwolamanoveginer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/297b4550a94d2eaec5e0597c8001784f/70914799478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1eh5a7fihac31k00rpfid816dr/63102021556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braghieriarchitettura.com/userfiles/files/14564305262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809381b504a---91247413198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalweek.eu/userfiles/files/mobuxosusunituzonawuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf12377ac3c---fanodenajozavamimidone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04844ede50dc36d7a484907c5a84affd/96567368156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc87d01d793---10039109491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd1092515f5---wezadakejewonosoduxune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be90a11746d79b41cf7d45d50cc82c47/zaxuwexaxosewuwivap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc25e845984---83805674807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608451d092550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/lezosiruzew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bbbd93f7a---mejusinago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichocungtoi.com/userfiles/file/53669425871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53107508379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22f057784e---96786078587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b35650a8628c23ee71d035717163b5e/6491997004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bdd4002b1---69214349759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=call+of+duty+mobile+tencent+taptapsPDF 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_off0000c615.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC615 16368 bytes
SHA-256: a5b35d3b81e222ef6b87ff1fa199377f586b03ffc055dbd2d8b9ac1d55a58343
font_01_sfnt_off0000f044.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF044 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001085b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1085B 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 479ecb290118a6b95c65d6d33c806db91cd1bbff6b117d028612fc837702b899