Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 754bdc89a56d13d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-07-03 08:46:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7cce1a658bb0855f34143ea1a7afa21e SHA-1: e1228d4033a39cc32963a7508bf0e2d9596fd552 SHA-256: 754bdc89a56d13d144af67ef07731d3657abdaf040f88373bf10e224bfc3ac7f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756400f200e---36433236771.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430143528713053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b12ca5adde6---gulir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rugopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/83127848890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa09eb64a3f---295629126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/xisuzarugezifutej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abbc15cd8dd---3080231361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4dd8dbfed---nifupavipadiwalarilonej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aepivkvts45o5367462sp2b8ov/supoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/98734875115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kvbm.org/pds/userfiles/files/bibefemum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/38072843396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b44b4c5a70---xulabitel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073bf6351420---29167476663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/48379156723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://folientastaturen.pl/_data/file/wuzagipotekalutebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/52206172501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oevec216ugitg0p3jtvhs7rrd6/susenedugiwitivezuxajit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607075e8966f3---xuwebizedupamusuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lube-stc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kedagiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b93985146512c587e7180079e0a4308/jipiwinedepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=gbh+charge+meaningPDF 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_off0001033f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1033F 17304 bytes
SHA-256: 8f2b76618076979e123b8d225a328235630f414d426f42b222b4bb4b6878daa7
font_01_sfnt_off0001300a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1300A 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 66787b82b14a565b32dfb30f6285130b4541580a75cba8450a5f35357cbaec9c
font_02_sfnt_off0001477b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1477B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1