Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72eee63cf5fcdccb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:47:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5e2876d7a09c1744c0b7d12ecd4e7493 SHA-1: 851ca0ef0a7032dbdfa29bec031a3a2ee131c4d1 SHA-256: 72eee63cf5fcdccba704ff871892b03ac33faecc346b91ed00c4446a234d5751
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Heuristics indicate it is part of a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malicious content or phishing for credentials. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815bf9d901f---nezukewitivaxedob.pdf
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1978fa77b97561274425e95807c8eb6b/tewoninibawome.pdf
    • http://drive4smilesontario.ca/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/89682608961.pdf
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b10672a2243---pikopaj.pdf
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0b8147dcbf---misoxuwojejunul.pdf
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4fa7140c04---23218312497.pdf
    • https://aaaxxion.info/images/file/wuxapijuwikonates.pdf
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/148f452685aa744cb89f37d515804612/60032028073.pdf
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82cb1e94ba20ac039567dc2340ed160c/73988093528.pdf
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b6e5617527---13912459840.pdf
    • http://soldresold.com/Shradhdha-Mehra/soldresold/final/ckeditorimage/files/1924871814.pdf
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4711c8a65---82403072573.pdf
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7867fa4da7d497faca6ac9743eadb200/gaxuvaxujejovetisusaz.pdf
    • https://kermanrooz.com/img/files/55373573275.pdf
    • https://indiantalentjunction.com/milan/media/37947268432.pdf
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161082ff14849b---tivovexurujulekurif.pdf
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843945eacfc---41845604428.pdf
    • http://sxnqx.org/upload/file/Fl202108261809147307.pdf
    • http://everbeenmagnet.com/js/upfiles/files/mixoborex.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ecee5d21a0---xifivuxunedodase.pdf
    • http://bilateralmatters.org/userfiles/file/bevataguximurufujaluku.pdf
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/92985495219.pdf
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf88915f8c1---29641558938.pdf
    • https://hurghadalife.net/userfiles/files/68371252819.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=revolucion+definicion+pdf
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d90b.bin
bdf65da3489920ae8da1d7094c28891f9b935450a90cb03d082963462b2f2be7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD90B 18084 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000107fb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107FB 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012012.bin
adde41b9f266d1e80a5fa4c777f89e14f1158b2a318bed1ba9552505fd49b72e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12012 10296 bytes