Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 277417102ecbd65a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:14:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: fc9e0b2703d07672f2ddbbf65daa2429 SHA-1: fd4d79b659b8739cba9dd9489b22ce1f479489b0 SHA-256: 277417102ecbd65aa6564458b12fdb76d8d07d2599c0f0613d6de150a1f6e324
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The PDF also contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware.

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 https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gsvrfer6jok82atgb3tg8b1nsa/rujejivulukixinepu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/pibonilewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5177f7775bf96a9481a539460abd498d/87262887784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netpost.vn/upload/userfiles/files/22345722823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9c78a44d20---17127694783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faurerom.com/userfiles/file/11879278405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607972cb4474f---58926835731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab31a71b7c4---vabobixatowebonel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-group.ru/userfiles/files/49032316468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64f065b4199a9e6176801a665df87d4f/pemiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f17859dbf8---dupatadak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/43118362987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transporteslaplata.com/imagenes_web/file/kixepifiwuponujosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/nevuvofewopadilenig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jkbprivateiti.com/userfiles/file/mujudusadupojudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gomientrung.vn/uploads/image/files/ravam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.es/upload/zojozoxomol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guptajimarriagebureau.com/userfiles/file/zijofaxoponabolejoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n54u1jq7t47iam7td2k43v4uv6/pusejusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hainutedecopii.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55205933282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rixuramibegugepir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wohingltd.com/userfiles/68846875838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b87648467f---zinufadexil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euchebnici.com/img/file/safumopawajopurimen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2bc9978cdc---rexopol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=spanish+frequency+dictionary+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e7fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001000e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1000E 18336 bytes
SHA-256: 07834362583ab3581ebf9ad87b87788a1a38774ef925aa028adaa6dcdd65e57a
font_02_sfnt_off00012f68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F68 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 5d655ad3a613b2662b46bf4b6dd28cd966476e2092ab34fc54214f2320109db3