Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 755a1931936539f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 03:43:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d80490bfd7f0a6e7aeb82c35a790f5c5 SHA-1: 816fe9f07b224a5805ce487aa4d8cb79b96dce6b SHA-256: 755a1931936539f5db62764b7f44b350af442b3ef4506c2b761e27664c8f6dba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate a link farm designed to redirect users, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://toyotarent.hk/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_1773855AA9C01336.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://italiangreyhound.pl/img1/userfiles/file/niriziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nj-rshb.com/v15/Upload/file/20219131121326642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miyadenthai.com/image/upload/File/59903912892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkxhjfc.ltd/uploads/files/20210902061319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoprato.eu/userfiles/files/72830345653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ganport.pl/userfiles/file/vikirewoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalpr-b2b.es/img/user//file/_0926232001631369060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bbdtfsvs9ntjgifr45d853er7/93438234475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/borazuwafoxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balmybnb.com/t/tutorfirm/uploads/ck/files/xizenenaliwafajalozapawog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kim-clark.ru/files/file/92061670009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/sofinusetiluvafenibel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sameiroeventos.pt/ficheiros/puzuvolixisabujan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0pmsaj42q4ns99s0n9b8ktp3f3/47540597029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130a860dbc7f---jowatugujimofin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fokusmedia.com/images/uploads/kurenikaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulwichtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/30736438698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sophrologue-nimes.fr/upload/news/files/likagetusolasamaxisurit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunpix.ru/img/lib/file/babugaporup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baby-daycare.com/uploads/files/202109151046389544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robotsuk.com/luckingbros.co.uk/userfiles/files/27533422782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133648831957---51216530820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palaciodelosnavas.com/userfiles/file/25172579261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=black+panther+mkvPDF 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_off0000bca2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCA2 10468 bytes
SHA-256: 67b1a6c38d6a51e98b4b1258634f8d98d13bf732c07ef819dc2dc1092fd9d89d
font_01_sfnt_off0000d44a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD44A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC5C 19032 bytes
SHA-256: 8927d79c13c0d4175c4349aaaf6b24ea972af142107a0deffb91c2c4d8fe2672