Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55c72d77d9780831…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-10-04 01:20:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 4feebb19fafa5ce6bbfed62c400ba3df SHA-1: 01531d81f5d7d1b5e934c2499c857f8881509eec SHA-256: 55c72d77d9780831aec794722c7b521cdea27a4367e013ed8c9143784253049c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://giant-nano.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/21915031669.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce838ff4e113744f7e84d494b1446ad2/96230146771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tradeweb.es/userfiles/file/netewekidubegifetewawabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tianjin.relieved007.cn/upload/files/62442248095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suspensionestg.mx/userfiles/file/bazufabedoraguxudevul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udokutscher.de/gfx/userfiles/files/13059225088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cycling-software.com/files/file/digat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ihotel2b.com/upfiles/editor/files/mewumepesofazuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/jivalujefugusulir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goozzl.com/userfiles/files/tasawelusoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santiagoporter.com/js/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/vulajemusim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wych123.com/upload/files/sizebenujub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/jatuxideluvedov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demo-enriquemora.shopcloud.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81918993424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pattarasawat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/madegegojowuwezumagupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64eb9ab3c01ddd51ca10adceebdcfb5e/pexezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiantiffin4me.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/71263621551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafiport.com/userfiles/file/20582599826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muacash.com/webroot/img/files/80697769122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/58737388755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guchen.ru/d/files/mozexuxoposodinadenakor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baigiangtoanhoc.com/upload/files/74172532965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6172f5781d4fb649642790bc18c0857/93882414294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiorenzuolatrack.it/userfiles/files/16402361317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=diet+post+cholecystectomy+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_off0000aeca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAECA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6E1 10636 bytes
SHA-256: e424da14eade3a237f847836f27f288ffd0369871a4335a98e04e7cce15c3fe4
font_02_sfnt_off0000df3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF3F 16456 bytes
SHA-256: 19fb8ca5edc67508acbcc67db2c028855bce2ad4b16717f72badd41b09056bc5