Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7a4b6b0bafb93c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.5 KB Created: 2021-08-06 05:47:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: a929aa446924ba462ea3a35152458a4d SHA-1: f0020dc2c295c126773fea856371a717019157a2 SHA-256: d7a4b6b0bafb93c736b3a3e256988844f1c43740d91f6396752813633b505f04
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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 https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac3637e7e26---volevitodasumatex.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/7310229516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/80834152981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdd2jqn62ufeqfbduudfhs10e0/89585767265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/mamumobulovapurazuxiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32483582504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50bbadf7609afbe9259f36f06010985c/gidapotazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vejwun.cz/images/86186069531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wulf-sanitaer.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac9sfh9q3gh5hnntr2749k6f8r/sagimubap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1utilaje.ro/mm/file/ritutoxitowatigisis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hungthanhauto.com/luutru/files/xeragedonulobewawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a185762a1---xumataguwoguvozizijesape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de4cbb3813b05fd57d9c28f98d096e75/wapoxesuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kappp.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80130204447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/vuleduxatir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15thstpresbyterian.org/clients/d/d7/d7025cfb1d4df99eee5a588ecc3dd57f/File/10048666362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faceconnects.com/ci/userfiles/files/49590900010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sten.kr/club/data/userfiles/file/20210725142816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2c4b62887b1d951f591dbeda4af7ede/gugifanegotapusoxuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/gedusero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indikino.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46243595958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/vekujuzafapumuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cascad-trans.ru/files/rudis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+steel+sections+pptPDF 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_off00013d79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D79 17708 bytes
SHA-256: 74987949a8dad16fd52c0ede74846020721e5e59abfb4fb7637a12232c7ac05e
font_01_sfnt_off00016c3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C3F 10288 bytes
SHA-256: 0c8b383f87dc78227947f91013a92cdb29eddcc206be38660ef247ca3c8bd269
font_02_sfnt_off00018396.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18396 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1