Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76943d2e09a132aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:44:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 26de13c5bc3c61e82e40a28723ffcc43 SHA-1: c82d9a9db353a729d681189e39cd64cea0353b26 SHA-256: 76943d2e09a132aa32a4f61d99cf1714657b6622b865a5a92c4c4ca851216ac7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to potentially malicious sites hosted on compromised infrastructure, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077591ed3fa5---kibafedukuwaxidufevix.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mistral-paints.cz/userfiles/files/29241290347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fapannimario.it/userfiles/files/xizezepoxoreb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e2026019d---81645801898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/loseditobarasuwekuwuloxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wo-kop.pl/userfiles/file/pevugesumapojozabusajene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finvestfortune.com/admin/userfiles/files/tixadulolazatiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfwdynasty.com/clients/f/fc/fc55782506b94f933057639757072b2a/File/11475386592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce1c96c041ca7d03a86a76aac2fd23d7/30591864662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b634d749d90---6434438056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/37937389539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renovator.cz/files/file/76180604570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mizuho-co.net/file/ck/files/misufixurizumipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daismene.it/file/laruwiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m2m2design.com/userfiles/vigewufuvunufuxamuragufun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccaf0125f3e---bifomeseridesov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasteadmin.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/custom/wysi_uploads/files/pofabekikoxedudowaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinag7furniture.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/xipaguvamerawiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c2ef43bf3---jigonameriwulexazezirulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://re-view.online/fckFiles/file/dudubuwogaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da2ef76e66f128c8f1d33ae371e51bc6/19150525623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eortak.com/img/fck_temp/file/gasisefozutir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b79a20d2d0a---posorisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/36277607638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=during+the+meantimePDF 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_off0000e763.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE763 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF7A 10320 bytes
SHA-256: 433a159d15bacbadc7f9190cb79b3d6055c3b9b9691f3869fddf25d09bf8fd96
font_02_sfnt_off00011685.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11685 19640 bytes
SHA-256: 19a2c82389f219b66a899ce29bb63089011dc99729e52648736db5da4dc37afa