Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7f53301dd4d9344…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-08-16 12:52:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 050a4cb7a1b8de9b89a0357b3b04d85b SHA-1: 0347c432d48967471b53a834af6a186e751911a7 SHA-256: d7f53301dd4d934439cf4bed135b5dbe6329def594b27d56fa28716bac8a26fe
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's designed to host and distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism disguised as a download lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c547c2edb2a---notipu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ndt-ultratech.com/files/27548572284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.truca-taoules.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/tidosuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088fa0423314---suzekigawuxagok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/17110567088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/94801133350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plasy.com/uploads/file/7499671020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d706b31bdb---fupubokut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2521b3069d---77225617887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ataru.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66727647648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/14649532009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/95550902542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/nidatupepamusevibod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehsclassof64.com/clients/b/bf/bfa5c4411462ceee4a19e543862d902c/File/lijamojexamexunov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/kujaxofazupelivafefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb49fac034---ruvibizolatixugariwovubes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a87d6f78490---70899792150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ac1bb9b842cf5c282d27e9f7ac45bc8/votareg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fu4a8bbr69j2dic7l6keigh4l4/rofare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161129e2db5b44---gopufuzalir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cincia.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48053864059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getampedmag.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wakaxakumukatijededana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78236a2042d20ce5e4d8db75678c0cd6/jukozutejipasigowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608553e3cf2a4---10462649544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilexgold.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/93754324167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+1.5+2+download+uptodownPDF 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_off0000dbf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBF4 22172 bytes
SHA-256: 2e47b9aa2c698481aa969a9ea4dc7d880e6bcd3eb3f8c272370bf498ffb451f0
font_01_sfnt_off000112dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112DD 10996 bytes
SHA-256: b1c8e11381c908c0df99079f81fd1c1ec6464d960b11dafa49dfdd504fb8ee4b
font_02_sfnt_off00012cba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CBA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1