Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eff7a79627bc51c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.8 KB Created: 2021-07-04 01:11:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: aed7a3338434620e7ae63b146d247092 SHA-1: 81eb4c4d7800fb361e0061a0354f32cdfb5a7ee5 SHA-256: eff7a79627bc51c36c7d392ab0b6884342357da724e6a763e170ad1ad824e293
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/texirobokujikafutibopad.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/muzaravezelumij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42f29f0b81cf99e5e4d3a91772b6d336/25140869427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908ba5b541c---zadefezujow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackshirts1962.com/clients/f/f2/f245580d3072b78cda2271cf7a7e3f61/File/jemunuxazoxukebugisewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaeram.com/userData/board/file/defobegotuxeberudupewinod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premsaktidal.in/userfiles/file/49963687428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6896ca23e4---91660405082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/66726752761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f2smaglhrvvvjbfqk1nfrlt50/55594474962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f82725518---vugegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcareadvisorsgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n8fcdgvhk1udoe57vd6hqse8h0/3290835652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.info/files/files/ginikaxovitipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc741f90e4b---potumebula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4d327ffae---xevilarevuvobute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/naig71sqgftul2ponnq7n50lrl/44551108554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/38088912880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitra.su/uploads/ckeditor/files/puvotudulewolipufako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a873cac3f6262281a3497ba13a30d272/vazikagonifarokaxifas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antae.be/app/webroot/uploads/file/68824402882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ju5c0uc70u23tqppoq16oplh82/74007152181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eae53f75a43bc5dec502c254ddd60694/27866880353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/kofupawonuvepumijib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=imperial+city+of+hu%E1%BA%BFPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fd5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD5D 25228 bytes
SHA-256: 758bb2e720cbae5d534bfef0414b8d7a47e70541170099d671a939dc7223c1ce
font_01_sfnt_off0001360b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1360B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014e19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E19 13632 bytes
SHA-256: b9109a7c275061937d65f476d1062e43258c1f7b56027e0da407bf92dfc40160
font_03_sfnt_off0001770a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1770A 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 82189c78eabc4bb46c1c3c3e3bee0851adcaed204f4dbf619086104fbbe07eb8