Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73a7a9d1811d4b7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:21:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0a8fc81eff76de7af8273afbf42cdb28 SHA-1: 16bf8fa35f08b3d6b0da0875cacbda0860079763 SHA-256: 73a7a9d1811d4b7e1fde6683fb5d1f70b426e01a3056c48a48b11c791870c417
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chico+xavier+k%C3%B6nyvek+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://tolaniprojects.com/userfiles/file/gokilodowatasinave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/94297145782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triangle-electronics.com/assets/userfiles/file/gumevimapegivimowiguxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7ed3a9f845---31193537170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fda3cf26b4---28607162801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaid.com/public_html/userfiles/file/34007038086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9511ca8b4063834c0414e2879e952d2b/mamegerekiwobane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/59876406573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d963918be5998030209f4282fadadf1/xivozotuwiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78limb72ceemq19m4qcejtt9hm/fuzisodetuzesanovusigiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edv-denk.com/userfiles/file/93812315152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/keferuxaxisaridevugudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160730fbf53f24---vadejigabimuwuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78262467451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jga8d3k547ps215vf9jrima463/82725469632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094cecaa3129---tiralirofoxosoruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fda97d031b65067da59a418a2c7855d/38139992102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.macrolepidoptera.hu/userfiles/files/62181934688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077245b4dc74---gikurikiguxijetaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmhospitalities.com/images/bulk_images/files/69851512421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3c077ceafa---rekegut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/keleromiteduravonow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e1ba1ea44---87234201425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superchills.com/userfiles/file/51628245361.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_off00010022.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10022 24356 bytes
SHA-256: 897cdb2cc50e00c732072b4d91eec401d4fba894ae037e1c7f91386bebdfa8f2
font_01_sfnt_off00013cf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CF5 11024 bytes
SHA-256: e1cc97e92557e11eae02f64fd4c98e136ea7978ee5279843fd85d55a19044fdf
font_02_sfnt_off00015647.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15647 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1