Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 724c65ece0b811fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-07-02 01:22:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 25b2b04e1b389c7bd05f3edfb9cb77ff SHA-1: 968038b00ab05bf496e07c051a2a7abcb1315ccb SHA-256: 724c65ece0b811fbd0821c76248fbf0279b8bda0daa8e83a3e1c3e389b961c40
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+audience+was+or+were PDF link annotation
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-25/20210525194938701953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3def9f2f9---42198549750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d030d8141---bizisuforudirepatuwabine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58d1d3ab177f643a8e739a6e91332c1e/bikadidulotolugoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08a8eba882c10798634962d349f2ae49/68252088056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3820ebd62fef86b5c99ac28232a343d/9488972841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb7ac278ed6---43516492937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6384a9e034b4a39113c86c01fb4ff42d/87285089067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drjoecarver.com/clients/49355/File/53235793380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/81771083451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4365528701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b70662ca0e25ed345e9b66d3a09c3ac/geduwuvuxodepave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomilano.eu/userfiles/files/ravibizigebukemedoxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcurryproperties.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/47912203872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f82777f806c39d5d6084ca1c71746bc/45543766347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/panibesomolajuwazewiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.nl/userfiles/file/sisidamexifuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/396baa312810cd468ac7eec24eaa70e3/vagazokanazovesivenovet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f771c5425b4c600e8ab1676f0f071149/12154405868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b162606e54---nuwedupawajoruxubak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/xonur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vytvarnyobchod.cz/UserFiles/File/89242147430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lexufivozuxizodakapuwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/25632766135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e5a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5A7 10472 bytes
SHA-256: c839445d8f0c7d4e4841c9262cdc594783494237f9f3d1c87b235508f70de48b
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD68 17212 bytes
SHA-256: 7d042eac50be963d01f169d53331002d61fb1410603c947f2fa45528835818e5
font_02_sfnt_off00012a4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1