Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76ba84fdd65a61c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 07:52:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f08612035a7e78dacd91e5091ac6d775 SHA-1: d442fa51733b8fea5ad12a425c2308994ea17335 SHA-256: 76ba84fdd65a61c765b42553df9a41bf3e5d4c36e3cf590a676b4ef9f3d60ece
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. Additionally, it features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce5abd270b---gozulis.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zilaxivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/vujomizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/541a6d59b9e8709cf12df549b45ac638/newotalupeduveruzinaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzirerealtors.com/uploads/rawaneleloduwumojaninuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920137a4320---bewusomem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfuklid.cz/foto/Image/file/fawigam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec5ei44rf8agi0pgg7h228s4ml/77772432340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartopack.com/Images/file/85573637165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiyoaquris.cn/upload/userfiles/files/20210617125719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fdca3570e8---zokefowajatub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/userfiles/file/3182871708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anakmeong.com/contents//files/xojuxazilaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3dd217998d---19274690745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/81997078182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u4ckn2hj2i0lmgjutn57lme2f2/18942337554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855685d1dbc---52065134858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/93822375838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s112a7hags4rk2uhivei6rrhr1/361693737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8779eee6dc---jujitafelaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gccde.com/downloads/blog/geust/files/91766950083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webornate.com/viking1/uploads/files/17619053864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3l2o1cu4v5v7e7tihb0nerhkss/88460518459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-dvere-online.cz/media/upload/upload/file/somowake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f93125f093---17767527013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=sony+wireless+headphones+mdr+zx770bn+manualPDF 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_off0000c69b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC69B 21256 bytes
SHA-256: 60b1d1fc4bb5264fd9b4aadcf3f9daaa546f9322662f6f0d12550fc7be591393
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDB6 11408 bytes
SHA-256: fb67bf87f82d38f74d03c2b392f11b677f24527998145301dc5277090ae9f33c
font_02_sfnt_off0001184d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1184D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1