Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7255d09f39ed38f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:29:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 981932d3cca28c338d97392ad020e11e SHA-1: 0af568a7ad0cf587e834f8fd9d1727dacac3778f SHA-256: c7255d09f39ed38fd2cc46ec9bc665190f7d55d8d0f8ff127d72f53521de82e7
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The presence of a download button lure further supports the attack pattern of tricking users into downloading a secondary stage.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080302968478---kunawirixotokonazive.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607638dda9c71---devaxeterukowonoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b5fcbcebf---wanewinikafabivefuwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097719e17de4---95509871263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/gigemuvof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1174335f1---naligixekifotupowaguwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99610197400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://culfordequestriancentre.org/UserFiles/file/52132693730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b9bdd968dc0---jotetagamatusedotisomuriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e4e66406c81b13e030537b6e797aeec/mujovadupojevuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firsttimehomebuyerstudy.com/images/file/29982943558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thokhoavietnam.com/upload/files/buwajajifaluwejosusujoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/noxibepifaxelaratexuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metrokentakifinan.com/resimler/files/36446856661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd3e0909209---xezumenetafusar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/56243617302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-vietnam.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/68919233324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b01bb4439b127e66821fca30c968d456/50953966424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nubaxezudovifaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pickup-ws.com/userfiles/files/82938055805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/puzevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d54c4b6fee8d75b221fb8d572750fadb/filerevefufep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/35568869520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arabstina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuwudanijidegijepuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bursaceyizgelinlik.com/images_upload/files/36760012625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/xowukokerezokepas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=merry+christmas+mr+lawrence+spartito+pdfPDF 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_off0000d1ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1BA 11080 bytes
SHA-256: be5c00aed372c795092bcc4cfbc18329173a27881c1f283450ef61e2a649bd22
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB74 18404 bytes
SHA-256: f2a87cae319cc5338a0263483c6741dd1b924286e8cd9d6772f5e7f7a384cd54
font_02_sfnt_off00011b35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1