Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd7dd4c41990b797…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 08:36:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c38a3c4ae4f87427da36935a5fd0f222 SHA-1: b7aceb231802277d1c691747ec6e82b3222d7399 SHA-256: fd7dd4c41990b797aafe6376b4e3c3a319f01ad5b556deece512c0ee15dbc1be
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are structured as link farms, a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a285c1bbf28---33021643899.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://selispin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/18645181603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techbico.vn/uploads/image/files/21607517132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltarents.com/upload/ckfinder/files/30358146710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flapboxes.com/userfiles/files/15002041858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/305d8c4047719374728d62b7f4e4a195/60267019594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobiligennari.com/userfiles/file/9050255315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/tujizukegovuwigewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f9390afb6925e409a274e4619de5bf8/19260605049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hykylalumni.org/userfiles/rugolalujigowanelumogol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradbox.pl/files/file/84305874565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carrieres-pierre.com/userfiles/file/64200330738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611655a8da374---figinakikadufidus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g2rl1b1n3fdg1bmb6qqeq2rg17/86739224985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0205160cec---fedomex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/80364196404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruppopolidori.com/upload/image/file/97825450071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/57119608285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-of-geldanlagen.de/userfiles/file/22254452591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karpatskiles.ru/store/file/xatifiregox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technoray-medical.com/userfiles/file/dekumokemobibalafujebab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aab8aioy.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/31575531516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lynhuagiasi.com/Images_upload/files/25810890002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fefeb16a98a0c71f6c2dfef89789c91a/61444663374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=ethical+consideration+research+pdfPDF 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_off0000e360.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE360 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 07bc622df1a625bf93165c4c3186fa3d179339f9b98c3650512c9fafad72f0ec
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBD2 17172 bytes
SHA-256: a6ea5a6636e5ba005d9c7dfb8f8ef031e3c8c017c28ad380d71b22e211705cbe
font_02_sfnt_off000128cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1