Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 760bbafe78bed36a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.9 KB Created: 2021-09-26 19:54:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ec9396771a88a037ec0d299625f0591f SHA-1: 106eca763c611901287aaf1d862b8adc0f96eac0 SHA-256: 760bbafe78bed36a22b7d4eff4ddb03745294c1046b7a5d26352af662fca0c13
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://vucert.vn/uploads/files/21524890155.pdf
    • http://michaelwilliamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/87910138830.pdf
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fd271bd52c6d73b67c5fd554f7b3fa1/nileretajuboz.pdf
    • http://viorina-deko.com/images/file/setug.pdf
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pekiteti.pdf
    • http://elturo.ru/img/upload/files/18025697430.pdf
    • https://aldaserwis.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jelofepufep.pdf
    • https://sujatasfoodopolis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xokok.pdf
    • https://zhbiotech.com/CKEdit/upload/files/96631386043.pdf
    • http://attlas.center/userfiles/file/wadosilof.pdf
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9k6nqirsnr4masb331kh1e0hp2/92742961183.pdf
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/20543842572.pdf
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614646d6718cc---62971706760.pdf
    • https://gadesign52.com/uploads/files/202108312216177014.pdf
    • http://klenderbio.com/upload/files/44114481004.pdf
    • http://dogoducthien.com/uploads/files/perowuzizezurasazin.pdf
    • http://johnmarzillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57992208091.pdf
    • https://dynasty888.com/image/files/20210925_080338.pdf
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/52152682468.pdf
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614eede964292---jupabo.pdf
    • https://restaurant-kamkok.fr/img/Data/file/58807837980.pdf
    • https://h1t-url12shio-turbo.com/contents/files/57792542637.pdf
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/52227834358.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=watch+super+bowl+live+free
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • 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_off0000af63.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF63 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c775.bin
9391178d8b110c05f92ea275d490a6c4f0bf44d4a69b943adde871999fca9455
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC775 15024 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed2a.bin
8e903810f373967a663ea0a736dd64ba5470d72a0293fb4322907bb8e37d6bca
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED2A 10856 bytes