Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72659cc765730440…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-10-01 08:34:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 959db6ca027cf1cb0d7af64b87a1673c SHA-1: 57aa679d95fc71ff959d1657aed41fafad3e9247 SHA-256: 72659cc76573044002664f8ef877da4c07daacd461afd7ec810366cb60098616
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links form a link farm, a common technique for SEO poisoning or distributing malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613960c87834a---wuwemidorebarizupu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://samsungklimalar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/17582118325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/faxumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/xepag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ronaldtan.nl/images/photo/44989604058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://natyabio.com/uploadfiles/32961411739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161540923ab1d2---bewaxeluwiwapogukerelug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assessmentinsight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54394263186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133819f48982---fotozikogalofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heuresromantiques.com/upload/files/58100111910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seibyou-koujien.com/files/files/fatopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futboltotal.net/images/files/26070159051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15883761874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oppedisanorobertosrl.com/userfiles/files/93692437888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerd-pollak.de/userfiles/file/jezovavifejaziguja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radissonhoteltraining.com/userfiles/file/wepogajudajunepupibufob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planningpvedh.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91432472431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taumed.kz/upload/2021/09files/210910215519257770uj01d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiji.pgo.tw/pic/uploads/files/27420873104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bingsu.ir/cache/fck_files/file/63639153812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tadunototuniwosorizukevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimwendelldesign.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51177135209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelifelesson.net/home/tappingchanges/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65111142741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctners.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faxonavexotenidoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=empty+out+the+negative+joel+osteen+free+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000b2fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2FB 15056 bytes
SHA-256: 83e9c7bb70f54cb7fae7b91c5506589903a2181d664d99776ac0116b682935c6
font_01_sfnt_off0000d921.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD921 11424 bytes
SHA-256: 36c1fa80e7d1e34d38e8695797fa55b0ab55835e43f81656cc8381d1f1cdb254
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1