Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1763dfd9074513eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 12:55:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ca3ed2f62d4bbcdd93b281d1ee8ebe79 SHA-1: 75225ef323eb67736f1411dadec46ac05686b82d SHA-256: 1763dfd9074513ebfda461fa8bb08da51f4c3a96e019cccf3f9fb9e97263a425
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c667f19c4b---puvevebised.pdf
    • http://wdnederland.nl/file/disetidetebiponix.pdf
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46542569895.pdf
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kaapsqu8uqm6e322pl6lk01pi5/pemokopisarapenotukudu.pdf
    • https://www.htlexpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68826294555.pdf
    • http://wowbond.com/upload/Fckeditor/file/tajedifi.pdf
    • http://assessmentinsight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82919647025.pdf
    • http://dailygiasi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/56339278878.pdf
    • http://quangcaosms.org/media/ftp/file/jeburomeririjavimejavife.pdf
    • https://kettosallampolgarsag.net/imagini_ws/pugonujunusuwokixaxoxi.pdf
    • http://torgoborud.org/images/file/dikirugupaxadavunejuxipop.pdf
    • https://smwebtechnology.com/arishayurveda.com/userfiles/file/79590320915.pdf
    • http://safetyassessmentsolutions.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wasopuzivolitamowezakubi.pdf
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/082046c841bc6449bf8c54161468328b/wimazot.pdf
    • https://semangkabiji.com/contents/files/gutod.pdf
    • http://quocteanviet.com/img-chamthi/files/xumexujodefemozu.pdf
    • http://chongqinghaohong.com/upload/files/39382297393.pdf
    • http://qianlong99.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28934006814.pdf
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb81d65851---kubewajukuw.pdf
    • https://numen-wow.com/userfiles/cloud/files/lanesinafuzugobopa.pdf
    • http://hoadondientu-ptp.vn/images/ckeditor/files/pobin.pdf
    • http://ainut.fi/userfiles/file/84865482367.pdf
    • https://fullgame.hu/uploads/files/51831092469.pdf
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82a37c783d458dba8896eab92946a20f/67787726576.pdf
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40ccaaf0176a8f2483dc8bc9d37af2be/36869697895.pdf
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f139a67c9ec1bc13c7b8e4d021c799d/botatetaxibenizo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=entre+nous+2+pdf+free
    • 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_off0000ca42.bin
5a8f7f3ea094397397b3700be0e0ee78651dc81f0a4e61c89685e3f2767e211e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA42 10396 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1f7.bin
2672a4249098e2c44552963764839df2a62b1a1814704c397ff8b109f524a1c4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1F7 19040 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001127e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1127E 16792 bytes