Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dea07cf392b41bcd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-25 13:58:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 59e406866d3756ece0f85221fddb2338 SHA-1: 20c4286ad83823d62f640fa5e40f53285c4420e1 SHA-256: dea07cf392b41bcd66df9a3423ae3fdc58ea2ed66221ce32569188d535f7b3a4
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier with high confidence. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading a malicious payload. The presence of a "download button" heuristic further supports this phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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://vanphongphamhienluong.com/upload/files/mojuta.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/34157641530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb4014df249ba1c41618193810d41fd1/12874168258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeton1959.com/clients/863834/File/88919792512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gieskestukadoors.nl/ckfinder/files/files/38529394718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8512aaccc5925502f2391ef1866fd518/wuwitunodifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b4c67c89a---bazutebesobozemoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d07cb8bc5---zumorudedasax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a44b35baa8c---pomel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uni-farm.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tazazanojixatavemujot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/xalavesuzivoridom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/39563086055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f81e9aa78cc62bf6fc6fef6dd1f0b45/wixuzowaperewojurife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/pajeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://100gastro.cz/soubory/files/16852146675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609add0d25c71---letavaxalaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youandisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ripifuzunax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioidongphuc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xitag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca1309daa24---dasanodilafiwelegorij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608722ab47082---digog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ipik11l5m9ikt6ek34gmjs77nl/39915457740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fbef6f183aa---23626016819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdsdealers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58082165177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32dc94dfdc201d498c60cb097be7094b/suzudovujevigax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/75587061083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rgn2u.com/userfiles/files/94288621572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reset+bios+hp+elitebook+840+g3PDF 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_off0000f42d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF42D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C3F 17192 bytes
SHA-256: 1be796cfd71b154a372cb249b1dfa09ebc661adfde60abf7186e3b113c0c7845
font_02_sfnt_off0001393d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1393D 11156 bytes
SHA-256: db5bd8128bd4a284983a1e2f4a2a4563e96c720309b65ff65d4ee603a6c884e2