Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2755bb7f9b4e710e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-15 19:05:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1ecd77509816e94083866f281ffedb58 SHA-1: 2115417719489f0c210d7e80f405d0b74fbd4022 SHA-256: 2755bb7f9b4e710e27e1b4a849bce01b3335adbc22c5437b91a2bdd30cd9456f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=top+share+apps+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43696002617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161375fb5c6409---tiduxenudodipoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfoodntea.com/dataroom/file/sipikilibeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/61772596435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tarnava.eu/user_images/file/75078249522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133beab281d9---92196784567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biroestarsa.hu/uploads/file/konawemipeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjcfurnituremaker.com/userfiles/files/11515931438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorumeo.it/userfiles/files/31748090217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s4sck0liuedglql9au5785r64r/4732485902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136110e86fc2---6348110556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613575dc90382---11061192488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://concertwristband.com/resimler/files/78145145594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/94678920316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec07c9d68a---zupakasujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--q20b13r9leepaeb.net/upload/file/202109010924081434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galaxyjewel.cn/uploadfile/files/mokigupugimitobaladas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/77102066233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didopack.com/files/maxuvixoxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealordhotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wejemubujin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quranday.org/userfiles/file/vunabudozetur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://granitemountainranch.net/userimages/16208129955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsrmvolontari.it/userfiles/files/3822509491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partnyor.az/userfiles/file/37360858255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csp.hu/editor_up/10668545247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sergiomauri.com/images/file/28555512143.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_off0000ec6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC6E 16952 bytes
SHA-256: 789a1d377123c3eb3f092bedf3c6f9280402d957a7f0387c663b4e1e21b495dd
font_01_sfnt_off00011898.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11898 10416 bytes
SHA-256: 27fa3da9941132865d491606036adaa4a0fb395bdfbaee7ff0a6f5ca1fc279a9
font_02_sfnt_off00013018.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13018 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1