Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7787798f81f8b37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-07 14:50:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 305d32e6ea8b43f72510799f94792850 SHA-1: 40208c514ea1112606b68d3b4a8c7eda26ba3739 SHA-256: c7787798f81f8b37605c464074120a756a1fa3170734f4950f9deb107b9e8891
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories further suggests a phishing or malicious content delivery attempt. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://tasarimak.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bojuketovipolotun.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0756bd059---juwunedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942ea62508e---61988123172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ec1ec56ca90b40e4b1ea051ec0589a8/dofomasudinikurori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/mekawilipejulufuwupeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb9dfe5c12191b298c1b6662b3ed3a22/55780088958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienlanhbachkhoa.info/upload/files/kabozabupapugeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1be218383---ravefoxulasulujemipala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5303534183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb3c9583eb---tusatexufufafogekod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condicionamentofisico.com/arquivos/file/guzizitixinagoxotogonelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/40957216956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7144668970---46234078497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alumcity.ru/userfiles/file/63896878697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uniformsolutionsforyou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d236e8f55b---14884935389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d7271c8a7ef50e2e1d6073310e138d2/50374660860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m1k4u8tai21k7kelqlst570roo/dajelenurilodunonenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/sifuparuroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emauto.lv/index/images/up/file/gowulujujoxuzomute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pt2s6lqp461m002m6n3b8as272/xapuzuxofevogobidapeziwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf3a9a897d---54535168977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qdfkt3sbrv8fv7lbsufh69471o/85675851455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e0a6c3977---46034272698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msamerica.net/clients/873634/File/30173708018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=video+maker+without+watermark+for+androidPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • 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_off0000f045.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF045 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 0b27940045daf10aa8a25530adc76d1755a2901de8f400a81e21fef43d5448d6
font_01_sfnt_off00010880.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10880 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012092.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12092 16632 bytes
SHA-256: e3b677a1b7532bdd6ae9026f0e2d6b8325360816051444af1e072ae452b36ae2