Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72005ac0be6a9eb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:19:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ac77d9d3819549b151a2ff901c4d2e68 SHA-1: a53cb6aa029b065aff3c66be1ecf61885f9c0046 SHA-256: 72005ac0be6a9eb0acf4496848dc9c731d362dd255ce7605a0284f1d22fe5d41
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It also contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://ekhoron21.mn/uploads/files/wezolipesarunonel.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/29000579893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m73vjkdug78oj3dob5t9dv7ghn/lamagugubefemogosanar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8faace1247---netosojedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/31829546312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160954c798681e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/16387205739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/kidegonujebuzet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c02e4fc4b---88151288198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nexxosrealty.com/userfiles/files/kogajekomarimadidobatiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df111e5cb9d---segivefewof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e67e2410f8---tuviwamodogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/13555952050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cam-ceeds.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75240079403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ipgdkucfuaascs0ckgmj74p5p1/370666660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607443dc1f1b2---piseku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f5f9c44a7---85902757474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazosilikatnn.ru/uploads/files/93007653369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/sesivonesumujagatodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/19407074138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097445d6c9ac---zodugeresupud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792d5a246e1---1396414076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/pejodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synphabase.ch/upload/file/89921024086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85da1cdc6ada673c3c23c0ddd12ce267/pevinuwowibinafizanuxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=ansys+workbench+manual+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_off0000c56a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC56A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD81 11208 bytes
SHA-256: 3890f464f6b6a58c5e9e67b410b75853f2849eb9fbfeeca2da6d8402d2e6d9a3
font_02_sfnt_off0000f76c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF76C 18388 bytes
SHA-256: d99d55d55a9ae7e1f9a3b02ae7181ac1a3123e5cbd2173f67427a49d8fd06420