Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76bf97ff31f6bd94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

132.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 23:56:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ecda0765313f84b7157de17a56056b9e SHA-1: 422d55d6682e4aede4bfff0306bd427740d0ace1 SHA-256: 76bf97ff31f6bd94f4489f4b40ad9d745a4aa72cd1e6733bc96be4b118f3d746
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=stm32f103ret6+datasheet+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://bsa.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30802896612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mtbgobl540heoc5n2va331r388/topexotuxusuvojowasabozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/svg052017522c38a3qcmeh45ao/96433977452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naveenent.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/28426500144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087728095eb7---37711739681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5ecf2c8276e22b2bf8aea0a9871e958/64573489320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikketiga.com/contents//files/31262714119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sme1970reunion.com/clients/7/78/786f1e38e9ed540b4a7d4f5dbcc09398/File/jogob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/butabejufasefukomoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608767679b9f4---deguvitakijanonakesud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uro-medical.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/481157174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af5f6f6ba3c---demuzisaruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dffebee8991---83728902541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093e89e6b58b---33690622844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fkhd.cz/data/img/nilijopabupotaredunolewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girlstown.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26690735617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valeneighbors.com/userimages/52272461377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfforming.ru/d/files/80917366364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b10509d30a03b1fed9cdc50c47f625d7/jewakaramitimebagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086583252400---razavanobogazizezedamez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patidarpalanpur.com/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fisorumusitebinetuboji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb9dfe01778dd23a4f0d5fa9c0ecc287/vutazabujuwelupikuwevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c2872850ba6012fd43fa8e1b49d456d/52413865473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weyergans-hcc.lv/userfiles/file/fojipe.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_off000192bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x192BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001aad1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AAD1 23696 bytes
SHA-256: 7eb1ceba593768732872a0a6aa35006a7a66b9104b0a272d2ffff9e277386aff
font_02_sfnt_off0001e7cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E7CC 11112 bytes
SHA-256: c83e11ccd2288c0c03ef3eead77da9823ea363e51cb2efa5a3f3e63a30a197ff