Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7ab8ad99225cc96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:12:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a7c65c2102ba2ed5636490ec7820c313 SHA-1: f661f9ea274cd92d6e7f1da03bf40ca2834a5de3 SHA-256: d7ab8ad99225cc96966d0c346645f0a222ad206cdec783b522cf9f6290c5dc47
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for redirecting users to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://wwstationery.com/files/file/88761636674.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779472e68c3---36760423321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a80f1daaf5---sokub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2feb81ce62fa0731be0523352ef66804/65943488024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b115b881788---75825070177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66d0f5dc824fe393c629844221480e1d/78850714835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/56631154709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d85be679a5---88545846664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zzld.com/uploadfile/file///2021062009423791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.net/contents//files/4306163820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/zowafawoperuwawemakowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f61b8634c---vabiribufotagok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fa082c13c2ac0cdf623e97e0b0156c8/fesuxirik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/80230718130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/80534064226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationalmedia.com/userfiles/file/vujemutirefabididimal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/nolojifoduwedasavalevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091eabf20f16---35744199314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/63909614090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipacific.com/attachment/file/figusupagiguwifiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/geliduzefezusagapatum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erictex.com/ufiles/files/kudotedovozivewab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khacvietlaser.vn/public/images_news/files/munud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=domicile+certificate+form+pdf+haryanaPDF 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_off0000b6a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cebb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEBB 19388 bytes
SHA-256: eeb78f512ac981ac582f4aa164cfcf2414ddaaf3902260b1df8343ce11d04109
font_02_sfnt_off00010106.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10106 10832 bytes
SHA-256: f407630832345f94e0c48fbbc96994fc344d1485a40093dfa9154488d01c4996