Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72cc8926cfbbef53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 07:30:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: bd4196f9d12d7d92322c6d063fa91ecc SHA-1: 9537418bd66bdb387564f27addf9a72e9ceb292b SHA-256: 72cc8926cfbbef53c12cd58bfa670bf4d968d102b72dd845c30064446d70a5bd
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 executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=monster+manual+5e+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://zatacorp.com/upload/files/66917602028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pc9iq4tikvi1ddg124hjcmji6p/72490207837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47ef71d62776040683880b3648d6edcc/gazajet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddnepal.com/assets/userfiles/files/10408775874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elandtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_F332924B75FE7D0B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.my/images/users/00000000/files/90778460548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/28625409979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theonejsc.com/userfiles/file/wekaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hsbofmn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70554247567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcntanduc.vn/img_duhoc/files/39942510154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lachina.cn/upload/file/61235884751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t5ahrjlr7qjgbjv0ved8k5uk5k/21828745661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winstar-tools.com/UserFiles/editor/file/73091723053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulanceservice.pl/userfiles/file/mifedoxabuzowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tunnel.de/files/uploaded/file/80794433447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edukoc.net/userData/ebizro_board/file/85409416147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c299407751ad77479d561dcadd6286d/4467809253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c60722a8e509d5a0052a755c67bc836/nasotubuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westhigienia.hu/editor_up/bogifonine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ke-sen.com/userfiles/file/1631253596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ossokahve.com/upload/file/74142691478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the100voicesofgospel.ch/fichiers/newsletter/file/xuriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipai-bg.eu/img/file/jutawenidifadevawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arisutour.com/ckupload/files/80628574207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a93dd17405---busejelev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konberdbio.com/upload/files/77341288228.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_off0000ba5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA5B 17244 bytes
SHA-256: 9345cd98221950ab8e2a9882e3712a1b0cb80ba4fc392c304c1cff31131a9b1d
font_01_sfnt_off0000e76c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE76C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF83 10880 bytes
SHA-256: e34a47d6e9863387baecc533de92aa61ff39681594c88feb1c7a977f73301f4a