Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a76fb48125a3a92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-07-31 19:49:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 14db3c2d4c5f6a7366a1e6aaeb7c45bd SHA-1: e09eb9cd1856eede663b9611b01413daad046bcb SHA-256: 1a76fb48125a3a927e6b2741c71e7ea252d6e5ca9e0ca152ad0e409ab7097cde
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, serving as a downloader or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=life+science+grade+12+textbook+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-17/20210517025927279418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fr3fo7anbvc52g8kstgmmumqm5/fojaniritukitupixafodax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c04f8a3b68---8008024740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubecomments.com/ci/userfiles/files/38093856720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f86d62a0db174ee64f47f65f454e1f0/36404715187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bruisedreedfoundation.org/clients/4/4d/4d9d7eec3bf3a09fa0457ace138f6a4e/File/20015044090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f47c2d6a022df61662824a592e6eab0/kufojadibibapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b40f9a9e0---bizawofopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f3e5ab4e60---lijuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210716063835879939elmfh4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3955df58d0a36d8e9a007885dd2afa74/kutuzipur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parmalab.it/userfiles/files/86028950419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xipimezujuvotuzofagigalul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/27997217489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamond6ranch.com/userfiles/file/70356109533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.rs/slicice/file/wivewusaxigujam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harrisitalia.it/uploads/file/xedufekuwavuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nasazerezuminirivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/modovipux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sode0j1sdjdch2agagbl87ab5f/33989283023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a1320cfb2a597b80eca19ff03940d44/89323960059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b166a4161c7---29336058562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dytac.hk/userfiles/53412375579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoplan.su/userfiles/file/fafegofiwavozife.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_off0000fa96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA96 11344 bytes
SHA-256: db037efc3aef7e1007cafb0ef881ed397ec53c5fff3d7e65c523f84509583d63
font_01_sfnt_off00011534.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11534 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D46 17004 bytes
SHA-256: ffd81c7487c2c7bfa565465ed3156a89f0148f6bb17cf9ac4b0d1cb8c57161e2