Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 739163036299695b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 07:54:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 816bbd76f714efa8609a6adb1038dc50 SHA-1: 60b97c01b9fe2eb5cf53620d5a9d1abae6577f7f SHA-256: 739163036299695beab76108867cb7d000465806af4385f06ff98cebe9b81a9b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple domains, including one hosted on compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage trusted-looking URLs. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://amandamaitland.com/images/file/16476345407.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://matagujrischool.com/admin/imagetemp1/file/98870928622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nstoplana.rs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juvagadazami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smenergy.kr/uploaded/file/1083377863613cddcdb49dd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/userfiles/file/80043071054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flamefitnessstudio.com/cewit/images/file/23578834023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136bb0cdca34---gexikogikomatofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brazilairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18078830554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m63jdqbrl5kt326ov59sqihmj4/63312548762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daming-school.com/userfiles/file/55952632432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/628a99f3ca30f6cd074531800c30a09c/sevogiwomowapilepifuben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dunaweb.co/bg_image/files/37588641233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20339093329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54048574384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dep14kirov.ru/userfiles/file/detipiwexoxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kidogoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamakuralosgatos.com/uploads/files/46932700331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpiecznamlodosc.org/files/file/36767694446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://budapestpainter.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10695335631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzpony.de/obrazki/file/88071753297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoybowlramenandpoke.com/uploads/files/medenusizotakafopanezoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143bf91473c9---lurafajomabajuvoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tocbirsen.org.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67708629065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecs4.com/intranet/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zitumegusefulewufaviwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godahoian.com/app/webroot/upload/files/72988307750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=joeboy+show+mePDF 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_off0000c75a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC75A 10100 bytes
SHA-256: 994f3730ae98c9fe4db86c335032975d08f279aa6d7a9dcdceeeb344ee3879c5
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDFB 18640 bytes
SHA-256: 9cdf6b06c92b8ac008961d4afc18b83666b11d84208e7f4b9436be3cb84e23ca
font_02_sfnt_off00010e6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1