Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 720245681c72a1f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-07-15 23:43:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fca9fb8ef6149499c254478156ac5a2f SHA-1: 5a21afa834dcd294d6959a2147d920efb6726b13 SHA-256: 720245681c72a1f46893b3ecb9f3a29712912621abaaeaa12daede4fa55b37e9
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 external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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://genegurumiraclehealer.com/userfiles/file/80539328971.pdf
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ql9mogo74k14hfgi2ia3qovimf/fazun.pdf
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9a1f57c20---82124577169.pdf
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nubowezalum.pdf
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad04757bce8---kipudifofivabejuwuf.pdf
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/amv88ejo8bn44j49dcbko0u691/65168883488.pdf
    • https://tskrea.com/userfiles/file/ligevudajosofudekifubumul.pdf
    • http://ofipapel.org//ckfinder/userfiles/files/kaxub.pdf
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/16151812203.pdf
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/81747562301.pdf
    • http://renovator.cz/files/file/xufawevenibarobexojirori.pdf
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j7lmvrl0d9m3qc8e84m1c6b382/lupupuxusixewadisukibuniv.pdf
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db9b9428292---gozotupoxikapojelogux.pdf
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60e36c6c036ade10d19c1d945164faee/55791175127.pdf
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/933348eabb80c745537543079072a889/dijikudiwo.pdf
    • http://msinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/16808109948.pdf
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1958999297ec82b8a9e091eabc5b64d7/814229769.pdf
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f7a9acc5a68718bb905676713979ea6/39470515879.pdf
    • http://brooklinehs1964.com/clients/6/6a/6a3559cec3eb17f551da2d864c8c85ab/File/julifijo.pdf
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094487b86ed0---virugivamunejafisemirowok.pdf
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/16981199492.pdf
    • https://kogan-photo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6566fd7b1e91a5c754fb319f37c453e3/86223342986.pdf
    • http://phuvuongcorp.com/luutru/files/talom.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=ppsspp+gold+apk+android+1
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e269.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE269 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa7a.bin
7d15b2d6d265aaca51dda18faee70a1b8fa9d95ed54cb111fb0895789092f9ae
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA7A 16312 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011081.bin
7c78e23ecf2366320633825de4014aa1b02fad199ca227f9ae75b6c3037a762b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11081 18124 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0001407e.bin
e8644a95f2407859d8d1015ad4ce6ca61d49e51705e03fbcbc1211ff5bf21947
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1407E 10480 bytes