Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76d98309f72488ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-08-31 06:31:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: dbf39eb689cd639dd24d9153aeaf9ff5 SHA-1: e7a28f92a70695209db6d98d1687ec92d73b6d36 SHA-256: 76d98309f72488ca6ad818157d0e26aee8ef9576fe1e10f2a1ecb7cfaa7b74dd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=metaphor+meaning+in+tamil PDF link annotation
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b23fd3092ee---pivop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f924aa66ba---rusuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elguantedeoro.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/32480354241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yingzhaoliuart.com/upload/file/dokizovewer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6ad173b7bf8f073c035b75829ec142a/gomug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d10c3a34c---72350500773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/64410704138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-28/20210728181746869275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/84097651467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ingmarcomantovani.it/file/22023196749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poultech.net/d/files/50523043663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyingfish-stay.com/userfiles/file/relesatuzuruli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creative-format.com/upload/editor/files/71599053502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esenkardeslerinsaat.com/resimlerfiles/posokumutedawefaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d58feee3a9b594f78700e36b4d744dc/zubujamexiduzukenigagenuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sammycar.ch/sammy/sites/default/sammyfiles/newsletterfile/85126841635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilsports.ro/userfiles/file///82968825846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/48379550037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theprojectmanagement.guru/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voriza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1e6bbd8ed---7497744411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xekodidipoxenedikufuzozet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizungen.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/95212308040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghioroiu.ro/sites/default/files/file/xarogujawukaroduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/31430043752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/pubiterejutefewujeref.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_off000105a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105A2 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 83e14329a62b4ceb5ae02131f6038f611868750782f3bf4e2db448562580a6ed
font_01_sfnt_off00011d59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001356b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1356B 17144 bytes
SHA-256: 526253e705c794b26f6bd564d550b988b2b3d35b7a8b3f58f70fb0af7d08f281