Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7552dd8af1e1d0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

132.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:55:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8c3a7cdca61de5b31598ddaabe6dff49 SHA-1: 8ee02bcfdc70832a3b0fbfadf9cc361234d04602 SHA-256: f7552dd8af1e1d0d75b957eaeb2d231fb27113420f809f6a0870e74c7d1732a8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting further indicates malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/jofuzalix.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947b16dab76---95718490303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aftsoufk2k70c9hu7q879e1l6/nazepofuwegilivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomorrowhubs.com/upload/users/files/64222330749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.assofmt.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vusegutokoxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbeea0e743---35950449706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f08a3f585---lemebokedid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilprato.eu/userfiles/files/fulukagidofuratu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a6a82b10e5242470d1f43215c4a2196/59813825675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd2bc57e028---11636982824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/jirarominobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c933e7eb4e7---jojuvave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permagnet.com/upload_files/file/2108270552521176568n3i04.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grouptm2.com/contents//files/38086486015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toddfamilyreunion.com/clients/4/48/482e924d5a052aa4a0c13eb8a30e0bc8/File/10989955597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f973bc122---74676011651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612988318e71a---dajezazad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4928d0739---notekapave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesgo.de/userfiles/file/29387970542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lepepisapevemidunelemugag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098450827e5d---45809887502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/35686085659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wurisojefokipawowez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lolakarimova.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28410529874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=skyjack+parts+manualsPDF 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_off0001a356.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A356 18716 bytes
SHA-256: c2093482fffd88afffe8061f72ad16a4de9faa4d22df1f28a74114b99ae9acfe
font_01_sfnt_off0001d429.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D429 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001ec40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1EC40 10704 bytes
SHA-256: d245a5ef7a7314735f11146e0f0cc003ebd479df25a5a8ee72fb75982a70cea8