Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7029c02393c04ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-07-24 04:19:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d0b372715881335075792388c1053d3d SHA-1: 827f89458ec11b07e31f640cc1ded88b9a472d2b SHA-256: e7029c02393c04ad527bdb6d9860a6e444235964df397d49819402f362be8471
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious actions within PDF documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites, indicating an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/83305225990.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://basumati.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77110434604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca127cef97---kowewagudijuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/978d055552619b5749b967f01b140219/bozulubemopugulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawngo.net/fckfiles/vawadenoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gnc0tdhnrmm8pkqkui2gtgds6n/sirapinesixujid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/5773415582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/37176347452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/91793710280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rlrh0jqtae9q77ji9p4f7ccbgg/wuvemujulonejari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06ss78uu549iudqm6uqlkaa5f4/fiwisuvekete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608200a5e1f95---taxomilozubinamiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bostoncake888.com/UserFiles/files/dukukipalesufuwusogav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krono-original.vn/Images_upload/files/xagowuturo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tahi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xesal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608429274f3e4---52431827042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marty-triple-m.ch/inhalt/files/31281543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e3fe44e13b---mulorilenenawovenufesuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tailormade-sales-marketing.com/userfiles/file/pexapus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb7d91c716bb67d61a7495e20997eb40/15328990005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bhjk6hp196dr68da8a6p3h3t3i/41227289637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f22ebfe87---30777129030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa02a60263d---99224624431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kajapebema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=trio+blocks+instructionsPDF 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_off0000e19e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE19E 17284 bytes
SHA-256: 9f93a01c87c10211c06a6bbed69eeb6e9017c02d7f4be9ca7eb0de0c15099576
font_01_sfnt_off00010e12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E12 10224 bytes
SHA-256: cfebacce66fc42a38df6404c5ca51836e62fbbf5b6759c002da5da833de443aa
font_02_sfnt_off00012523.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12523 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1