Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 739d9cfbbb11193a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-15 13:07:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 066919767283a1b94df8844e2845bf77 SHA-1: 771b37f023a655d2452566285653e616b9934911 SHA-256: 739d9cfbbb11193a847c9b233f28aba826222f60c2142c25057b65e7bd4cadfd
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 or disposable hosting. These links form a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to phishing or malicious websites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=solving+one+step+equations+with+fractions PDF link annotation
    • http://89928386.com/uploads/files/202109091916035137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionedynamica.it/uploads/file/6283809689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85526565441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gearonlaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/75056600114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsaneeraus.fi/userfiles/files/35276713702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd2892254f6803bfa9e8a21f2f118175/komigomikun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fb9bc1fffb---vikokemopokovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buffinvestment.com/upload/ckfinder/files/totakujefereribizaboron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksboutlet.com/file/files/ruxinogovopivowakilukag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://togclick.com/media/userFckfiles/file/65823503077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elstar.ru/uploads/files/8686682268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161366d00e2a44---fogiwusekojikutexusawazaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzmzwl.com/Uploadfiles/files/patifeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatminhtrading.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/56964884732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/41446996698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizolace.cz/images/file/sejixelepogusaferipojilem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/542c96ad02cc4173fe7d11621e6225a7/werojafedosibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-noginsk.ru/upload_picture/file/vodiwisalamojukas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingyitech.com/uploadfile/39089714003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/kuniperonatiwosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucarrorentacar.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fadisapudupovigadake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfect-gallery.com/userfiles/file/ligebilituxipevoxajilex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slmj8.com/data/userfiles/files/movopalubopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosurfest.com/userfiles/files/81376193550.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_off0000bd2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD2C 11232 bytes
SHA-256: bad68a5bced6384ecc737cc9926cf8b2cbef347ca5c4d14a43490568eef0d018
font_01_sfnt_off0000d72f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD72F 19108 bytes
SHA-256: f375b6a0a880f31d6800bd8e7d8ea90b757cbb1d87dbcb864225346cd5335be2
font_02_sfnt_off0001075a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1075A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1