Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75baa0a66dee5294…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:32:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: f32886b1c9a7ac2dc0dbb6a8e511ba3c SHA-1: 28eed4fbf6b07df26856f69eeb665e7c63d7b2b6 SHA-256: 75baa0a66dee5294fe93ab85a0dc5bf4a4dddb21f39419d0049490c1da48b65e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9918

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://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d49e7068a3---25485216538.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://voijin.com/userfiles/files/75502506136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d84971344f9---nokojutix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safarang.com/basefile/files/sewadavamiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kowalstwwo.pl/public/cms/images/file/wilomopubakunabad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/552d71a47699415fa319f9141865e738/53353925928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b6242fe3e893974632a39c34a06a8a6/jolunezetili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd8f79481c3---4582479174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098132658490---wiluzuravage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a7d48b740---83815467361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bualuang101.com/backoffice/upload/files/50393352025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101-games.ru/images/uploads/files/78659023915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mytmbc.org/fckimage/file/puguburako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://migger.dk/userimages/file/1985076318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2791e33f34e29df8853df42eca7d690/tadeguzodumipigatuzogeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/48799690932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasystemofkarate.com/clients/861259/File/20682290949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rybarict.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sagulasisirimodaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28488892745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projekt-lesen.de/userfiles/file/54076540063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaexploring.it/userfiles/files/telefelusawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cphs1970.net/clients/877309/File/60648546278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7vs1qho9c5frsaviil6j44re1/sedegimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d33f994cece---74237050075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f91b08e05c---86892077097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb8e6c81471---jefoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d2afe9ad9---6982963381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=drawing+of+classPDF 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_off0000e4a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCB8 10368 bytes
SHA-256: db352eb4ba3c1776e82e0db81dc76523ae7a557015db227501bbfedcad367b95
font_02_sfnt_off00011446.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11446 18060 bytes
SHA-256: 69ac9fb4dc41d94cdf31d243fad97269836b80ef28cf732328cce4cb711ee8c7