Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7c803f7964e9f44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-08-20 01:17:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0d8c0225dc2f6716dfde81a172ce6db3 SHA-1: 43ca4990436bcf45eb635701083305753b6470f4 SHA-256: d7c803f7964e9f442b84a4fadeada9e8e8385fedad8282db25a9982606d23246
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links are structured as a link farm, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae67b292be---kanowoxawo.pdf
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bf21fd5fd904d29d259dc57956021e3/94535551213.pdf
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721db82af93---66294846096.pdf
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/36844394987.pdf
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d8c9b0234---razibapupisofe.pdf
    • https://hanyauntuktesting.com/contents//files/sakagejab.pdf
    • http://fongyoskert.hu/userfiles/files/911086203.pdf
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f13243f06c1bf5fde261a3f1eae2aa7/59365692560.pdf
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/429ab5b2212805776f423598f075c677/ragofegi.pdf
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da0380ea4a---tomirube.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ef0af7f32f7259eba1d677fa01c34ca/bufexawojupogo.pdf
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29f1b2684e0a6d57e6e155cfce68054c/98146690427.pdf
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160835150e7120---81623236944.pdf
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/wupokitegalavadakurazuf.pdf
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2f9e1b3eb---fuparugib.pdf
    • http://annabarons.lv/files/files/papuma.pdf
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/5572251288.pdf
    • http://cafesezony.ru/fck_editor_files/files/63020068417.pdf
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbebee0f97abe87c3f6332a8852503c4/78134003458.pdf
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/32286216786.pdf
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/nibufaxunowudumeberok.pdf
    • http://chukguwang.com/files/fckeditor/file/37236180341.pdf
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/zulizuzinoxikekif.pdf
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160921d3de3e01---mezamozojupasoliti.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=coin+master+mod+apk+giros+infinito+2021
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dbde.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBDE 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3f5.bin
e26a738b6be338364e2d60853b8e184186f42adcc94e879a7f68b4f79baa9c80
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3F5 11212 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010e16.bin
2ca0aeb863c92c60a5dbe6244a8d39f3f57f8cd47588b6c12af2622cff144a54
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E16 17388 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00013a9c.bin
9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A9C 16092 bytes