Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 751f1efc1f7635fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-21 09:19:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 6e20745a21420f786a8a4347b43b1726 SHA-1: 74cd85a860dbe85c67281eb3cab2e392291da16a SHA-256: 751f1efc1f7635fe3afa80dc43d21e364332e2d8774551a3ff41f99d5d252a66
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious actions or redirect users. The file also functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination or distribute further payloads. The presence of embedded JavaScript and multiple external links indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://agro-vostok.ru/userfiles/file/78818934891.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://digiconelectronics.com/media/9599460732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c29094070152c1f8ce9eab71d04b6a85/wuzirazisevox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13795284b6ead89f3c625a392d0c5d4f/wutidaxavaloboxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawrence-spruill.com/clients/42275/File/lisoxinuxabomikunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/bikanipufozizumir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987c79c2d0d---37879261057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4403c0df86---fagukuxusuvaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cec218c0f2a47005e945da95bc4e8f03/nuzekakir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/87732185155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ni77nni63qh09os418oor3o8oj/kezibikibonizakobota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f61756b93---munobogubazoxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/451387495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc390b02722776bed2d447f21be3941d/bibepidodudedunufusixagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://01host.ru/userfiles/files/73920582896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7b0172a6e6---wizexoxojugemeviveruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/am3c7hfb7fv4vmhfnn5dmsgf11/woleminape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5c5ca17759---buxidudobipotetuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c51c7e61ce8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonamedicalcenter.com/files/galeria/files/24358102933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a127caac216d9ea164adccbd8991578/redixakironumotiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d7c5879042---70952242314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paron-rebondir.com/uploads/files/37803890237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/89399772489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/49460843779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=the+skeptic%27s+walkPDF 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_off0000ebcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBCD 10320 bytes
SHA-256: 073bad45c4ef2c783e7c4d23083f4efea39fc94e89b748fa95d8c0d003f331c7
font_01_sfnt_off00010362.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10362 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B74 16868 bytes
SHA-256: 10e886db0a6c0f4934553ed32ae1ed651d591352973872df119376e7c240af81