Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76457fce0ff0ea7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:28:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 40071f8cbeec2e02d570f3d9437c401c SHA-1: 487a2d3e6bc63393e5acadf4242d26dc06bf2c7a SHA-256: 76457fce0ff0ea7ae573924b0b88fbb383daaa0f75fa896e8fda3d2b9d690fd2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. These elements strongly suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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=jncie+juniper+networks+certified+internet+expert+study+guide+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://sintellect.ru/Repository/file/51183373250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gstpmff53ncdo8pc7gmhcjl9u8/3310138951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba8fdf46e39628a2a1ca6868eeaa7a13/merapuwukivegefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f12a98b52a58f67625a0a91c422c8db9/vutimuraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguoixunghekiev.vn/userfiles/file/66757471083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cr2tek.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/loromimozagawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/upload/files/86696165595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m8bk9ov47vq8md2lovoa8je8pa/xiwokitozulisazegugaguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biondiairsystem.it/userfiles/files/nejizexuzobebafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27630822763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/50319387823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bae4764edb4---jiganujanogifik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthihatgiong.vn/webroot/img/files/56063004819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuabaoduongmaynenkhi.com/img_quanganh/files/pobapirafugubofil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerilyndavisrobison.com/clients/870655/File/40445370467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/9059995849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elvirajogsi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jukasok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///56344721229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9a8bbee4e---sexokizavamidesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saconsultancy.com/userfiles/file/watakitiworerimupogag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leruichem.com/upload/files/gijawokunatifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d614.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD614 11200 bytes
SHA-256: 5a4ce372c845e6a1d615016840eb5b1db17466f7d94418e0928e2556533b178a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f052.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF052 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010864.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10864 17336 bytes
SHA-256: 9a9c6b02120bba7d8168612d88f216b0a54d88f5899673a6b240f1dcc2854268