Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75b0d5912f2cdaeb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.7 KB Created: 2021-08-05 10:26:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e9c9e4767cbdc794b4a17d2825b4c1f1 SHA-1: a80224e03d6957dcb985a499673d540450252092 SHA-256: 75b0d5912f2cdaeba95633bf4e354b93f85d0c8c85279e1b4eeb4282056915be
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a malicious PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fundamentos+metodologicos+de+la+investigacion+cualitativa
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/texofakoxevekosodupege.pdf
    • https://diphong.com/uploads/28507823543.pdf
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67d9502718624a62b7998bfa82f9a64e/80384254021.pdf
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfe06c5fda9---zexemexesegewemawigodasu.pdf
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2830ce270907e83b53979e248825aa0c/nuxejuvagiwilezuruz.pdf
    • http://www.deewanalarab.com/up_imgs/20240563127.pdf
    • http://ahsaipu.com/v15/Upload/file/202151429289082.pdf
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078636fa3b33---gufuvogukemine.pdf
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9491171aee---14764900029.pdf
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e282e9f252---73098353262.pdf
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///gafip.pdf
    • http://staresecurity.com/userfiles/file/lonusiwixefisaloza.pdf
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/32530834293.pdf
    • https://art4you.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/42647533241.pdf
    • http://anhopphat.com/uploads/files/zegeligurom.pdf
    • https://thegioidongphuc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73898425178.pdf
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kfdqdqsl5ottotda7rrvummsh4/diwitina.pdf
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e4c26f1543---21578560971.pdf
    • http://riggi.ru/userfiles/file/sapelopelowusinirido.pdf
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88555711508.pdf
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920a2d5e1e5---wusugaras.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • https://doi.org/10.18294/pm.2015.768
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011a20.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A20 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013232.bin
204c7ef8f2a4c0347e6b28cbd16e4a3911a986454ebd65e769b52d4cca841f09
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13232 17572 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015dfb.bin
e6c04f6d690835f216fe33f342c2a002156afcaec2a5dc9bf43b4428f15ef717
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15DFB 10756 bytes