Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e77deb877d821f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:56:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: cff824041ee95a8d280261c63052cda3 SHA-1: 88b736f417779c9132013c8f278ab1c73ced3493 SHA-256: 5e77deb877d821f8cc1670887f3d21244ff758a535ebf089d2da2202479d19dc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. This script likely redirects the user to external URLs, as indicated by the numerous PDF_URI and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature, pointing towards a phishing or malware delivery attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 http://cascinamana.it/userfiles/file/17564320749.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/biwufetawufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607968581805c---95870000618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909926c7f2a---merozipunosirufuvima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indoorclub-informa.com/boletines/img/file/sutiwozupowuwujop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116f3cda9c01---52631791989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c75751d51cd504ee26e3afd34d1a843f/21656836924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77408272240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinahongji.com/d/files/12518125034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/pavuduforovajotokil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulrike-mayer.de/userfiles/files/43445395899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aildf.in/userfiles/file/81073863293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://futuresbuilder.net/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/81892360215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bd452dab1---53242554767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f508bdb72f0---pigubutona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piataafacerilor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/87133707493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lanjutpt1.com/contents/files/nabarupibaxijefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/20120796411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39973717077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narnivet.com/userfiles/files/80915875455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archi1919.com/smlclub-files/file/ganojuwux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9216600cec---2756310533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kfqep4vr7l3mj765dkhj4mr30e/josavugip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=surface+tension+problems+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_off0000b75e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB75E 14744 bytes
SHA-256: b58e4f78539f39462e9bab21cf5bd5b49b822a5e14c2ad6360eb9011c8aa0b60
font_01_sfnt_off0000dca9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCA9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4C0 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 8551091abf0b97efe1154b059c3bcd970cd20a56f0fcb2f13d7d526c01be4a4e