Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73bd06d6399d0316…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-17 18:19:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a38b422e4c80f457ce3cb9aee456e225 SHA-1: 78bef54860f69ea353afa879d4cce245d7074f27 SHA-256: 73bd06d6399d0316b42dd2e820fb805178503a5c25a76e5c30867a09d6ca3e32
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect the user, likely as part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://erex.hu/upload/file/xiwugumafoloxat.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://investinwielkopolska.pl/application/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zixudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://38e5bbdfe8be.gdziezjesc.info/userfiles/file/duribofux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85mbj2ued9jlslg9usm4u0ok1k/gegarux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.integra-cr.cz/administrace/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nezixexefutude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-1/20210901093015207908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topp.pl/_topp/file/88833157048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.com/file/97407977168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawweb.info/mycms/admin/userfiles/file/nixexuxaloxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fb67163b09---99700629054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/xegomabosabowabazukibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/raviwugum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-cosmik.ru/sadm_files/35155077355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-ostrava.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56121353014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mijajozulabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiddencliff.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210912_092CF48AF98ECF8C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crisismobile.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/forotubabovidil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusbiz.kr/data/editor/file/143749941361321c5a22887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agaa2anfqdp.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53962131439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bosingels.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40907079144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4115a1f11365cf4c4580a2393f9e1f73/20664849850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagyberki.hu/sites/default/files/fck_uploads/file/87060437379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=app+to+read+qr+codes+on+iphonePDF 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_off0000e02e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE02E 18264 bytes
SHA-256: 263219aa9c552d14e200bd81f48df8f9cc22c0cc42ee8b18f749660c28ee88ad
font_01_sfnt_off00010f17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F17 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 8b72e75b3a050bba1a8b31e2dbc996d3a54581775208548a10441b041dc182bd
font_02_sfnt_off00012755.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12755 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1