Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73d756d7035269cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-08-03 00:11:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: da6a097ccdfa38533aa3148e51fe96ab SHA-1: 69ff9de0ca8d55ad1dba7f90790bf29c5ded8d49 SHA-256: 73d756d7035269cc5aa81ca9b2160c47d23c1eded3290b76fd24aac9aa28da17
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links form a link farm, a common tactic for distributing malware or directing users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c9d3ad3c3c---kujixuzevikozubejazolaneb.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/rulededaximi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/099b6b3afd1235e72da61c448a7800c4/reteloliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a54fa6b4dc3---mefidugakapiwagebef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d7750e1b839797d58748fff0492468c/vopenoripulokagirativino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeebd6b4c95f02d44f621e3e434dc82b/6466244350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/97790735896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27437d2547b3364fbab7378069f0fdc9/36476338509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elm3rad.com/file/dawukod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/84391037150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dientrotiendathc.com/media/ftp/file/82021162537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b37bf75bbd47488d6f9e6c0aacddd29/44540861526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee1fdde20138c27c5d0e3a5080fcc209/38120245660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceb04c57dc9---62172795254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vadov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ti5cb8188csmlti2kq9hd7lvn8/27359684854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinemidias.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bodavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093e0f25e125---63821654983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbe0be27799afbd787f8f586cc928404/nirafabimunemelugifake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurumakaitori-one.com/js/upload/files/48233916009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scottleddy.net/clients/862555/File/98411433014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vs7o6n8of2j4eqn9o2ffbeb4e1/73804589792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=is+atls+hardPDF 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_off0000dc31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f443.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF443 16708 bytes
SHA-256: 10e8e43946298a252ea8426500a24cf0986c02b7c61fbe53ee25d588225e0c21
font_02_sfnt_off00011fdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FDD 9848 bytes
SHA-256: 17d28f69f538d0ae5841fe637911588dc0856b892563dc491310a6a3bdf53c44