Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dea78b80089e905a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-08-24 01:04:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 52d3f09ea3cf56433cd7efad5e03a200 SHA-1: 89b8bddf392ee0f3fb16e0d0542688bc4ec16a0e SHA-256: dea78b80089e905a799212529e5f867ea007e0f852c5a9f235fa606f06977744
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware hosting sites. The presence of embedded JS suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=healthlink+physical+therapy PDF link annotation
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f180473bbc59467d271ddddc66f9520/kinekeraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aad18ca8d7---98901028513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094f7f429414---88470700400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://botroul.be/uploads/xagaxibil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allnatureint.com/userfiles/file/vanulolekizojipadujem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a58d6db5538---287569085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bozojunukofifub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibonatura.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daxulezuwiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/utu2uu4f6620nsl4foarp5t7l4/54951833464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c506bd1c5c8546f8e63179339df67433/25280047851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/69850014365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotspot-usa.com/js/upload/files/52951464694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitness-sport.it/userfiles/file/60154578969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelclinton.it/userfiles/files/57523469525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-manzokudou.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/44103448911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinhorelli.com/userfiles/file/55431334973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5281bd45bf6c85e98597e7c768cfad7c/degasub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab96966b950---25814880977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aadb1def6d1---76078576466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607784a847665---xavutitenuxajuwepijomalex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c57055cf1---44996220240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753b31c0962---zifobumawosujobupibedopok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081081cb4bff---79266376083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.77ice.com/upload/files/33234742047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e525.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE525 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD37 19040 bytes
SHA-256: ca88e352b6b64316dbc3cca6da2a1a335aefd773ac1a6296e72ebb35236ac4a6
font_02_sfnt_off00012e5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E5A 10548 bytes
SHA-256: b05dbc7f9bab108224c965d7fb6ef45076786f0c6e7ff638dc18b040fa80705d