Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 072a1af8ef850e04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-21 00:51:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a77dbf72f5ff7366d917a969b4992af5 SHA-1: 71e593a7873a4d367dbe83563289278f3411a008 SHA-256: 072a1af8ef850e04aca1d848a6997dc5b0c25e60f9a79862b1650f84efabfb1e
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. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external URIs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve to redirect users to malicious sites, possibly for phishing or to download further payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161418a38de90c---sonikopenofomidazetuvevev.pdf
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143861b9abf7---23030665429.pdf
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/39375075797.pdf
    • http://canoeing.by/pics/files/bixidanor.pdf
    • http://twinmd.ru/userfiles/file/bofixa.pdf
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614796729feba---vabogeki.pdf
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80438853324.pdf
    • http://nataliashishkina.com/userfiles/file/visumuzigasepezisetevoxu.pdf
    • http://fruitvita.com/files/files/kizalibu.pdf
    • http://gdgom.com/upload/file/210905031022342854fzavlgrdkyki.pdf
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/witubikemaxujufofoju.pdf
    • https://www.jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28872587364.pdf
    • http://myphamasia.net/upload/files/xoralobirofuzawij.pdf
    • http://josepholszowka.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gugeboleve.pdf
    • http://crm333.com/documentos/file/62827787608.pdf
    • http://888spirits.com/userfiles/file/mibosasuwikufa.pdf
    • http://thienthaopc.com/upload/FCK/file/xipivubalaruwov.pdf
    • http://dj-maily.com/uploads/pages/files/4136937454.pdf
    • https://benmoonpharma.com/userfiles/file/dogajazelaf.pdf
    • http://max-metal.pl/gfx/file/78905361430.pdf
    • https://charteriraq.ir/basefile/charteriraqir/files/wexezebumawa.pdf
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44984833836.pdf
    • https://songhong-thudo.com/img/files/xedotodamupejijatuper.pdf
    • https://espritgt.com/userfiles/file/62413047241.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=military+clothes+id+unturned
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d96e.bin
d2894c5aed5a509a08c705a64348310e182b6484362c530bf1fdeb920e56d5f6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD96E 19704 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010d18.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D18 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001252f.bin
542071c6946c222c79122ae8a9ea7b558f9daa80318d159fe5ce2af036d8cedf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1252F 10672 bytes