Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73e9650ebf90a0e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:34:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2103dcb31f90452f93b62191c586d8b1 SHA-1: 0cef0d94a3d552869546b0c9df95f59d3f913f2c SHA-256: 73e9650ebf90a0e0df5e07719058427184f7673f95d0723719ce434aeb9b9970
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links form a link farm, a common technique for distributing phishing content or redirecting users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4ed3dbbdad---milafuzakuvarub.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/jomovipuruse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/vulefeberudanevidur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konemara.hu/userfiles/file/41898274262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e26dd3865e6---57190810229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/buxivivaxokik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161292c2ce0fe7---78416173027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c45b4860f37---jibimala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/xoludowoletorenagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costruzionibulagna.it/userfiles/files/beterogiluxevufow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5ac5330001---madorodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lanaecoloridabruzzo.it/userfiles/file/60264351872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ace9a53fc24a5dd6fd3acd6c104e645/69546488103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anshan56.cn/userfiles/file/1629252542442922685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/fosexulixuwawokuwevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/dojeleros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menlopark.com/wysiwygfiles/file/27615223688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brainbond.ro/userfiles/file/87193723949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202105/file/nitodikibuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/852f21318416b044ee027fb37f5aec9d/zukabupovuseraxaroxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31916014751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092929ed2134---25642346906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=mn+twins+announcers+todayPDF 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_off0000b809.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB809 16820 bytes
SHA-256: d45749a323413528794598a3cfeaa34d7da26c7fbd5ea68580b65f24fb3f019b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fae7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAE7 10612 bytes
SHA-256: b7a57aeaedb789bc1bd997729dd64416a879fe6a5eabe55d8ffb05d7fc561835