Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 075acd70ef7c5734…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:56:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 1544c2c2dcfb7e5540dcd9f363d63889 SHA-1: 3b2795e1ab1bfffb4a4219af5a68b0268e1a97fa SHA-256: 075acd70ef7c573482630412b8cb5edb63213d721bd46d2e2d2071070efbf516
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of a visual download button lure further supports a phishing or social engineering attack pattern designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=upsssc+syllabus+2018+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://thuaphatlaihanoi.net/uploads/files/57874689333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4ca114bc7---73591211729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/30027845648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tindangnhadat.vn/upload/files/63250513855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161255aadd08c5---96669691795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g5r15jjubbunr1sckc9dklbj9d/31111518946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gomaihoa.net/upload/files/89923258882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/86591544986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/dodudegexavozafov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reflectionuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lr4k5cih27gsk8fc13vi86n1tj/duweparosinokuvuwabufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermaktif.com/imgup/file/2875230719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cefcefb8f484acc14b1c8ad094dc9ea/99993870653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7129f2034---kifolejinurubaxuxulexazid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d2a5ec6488---tolirofaziwavin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/fisurib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c84dd988a4f---62856606559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bd5753cb13d92cf2af0df3ffcc327f8/ramimuzitepinus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721d5d2d3c9---90910156501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muratay.nl/userfiles/file/90149538057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korovin.org/site/img_ufiles/livapadojorexisavetefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/96989086732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a9bd7b142---24126241676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f6dae2a3ed---1929356454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c556a09a2---matigetem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010b67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B67 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001237e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1237E 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 1d95d55dd7beee1ea833e2664291b3b55ab6838e5beeb3ca46beee8cbac4269a
font_02_sfnt_off00013d97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D97 20224 bytes
SHA-256: c0c12219f62c515bbcb56be06fb3f645547e31007e6636d78aa7503d6738b9e7