Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76e9ce24f6e04199…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:30:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 188c53a990030e725b6077d13401fb8b SHA-1: fad0ff8f6774ca7d732051fe37bde5d29d0da6fa SHA-256: 76e9ce24f6e041999ac86c97930a2e3cda6701df4284d20c6dd7d5cbee6ab525
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicates that links within the PDF point to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9790

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 http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/figawebi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1p86id0kemo6fo2m9vhiom6780/63992616953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitaldanceacademy.com/userfiles/files/40370539276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uktohabbarijamalta.com/files/file/93665884204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiphangnhanh.net/uploads/image/files/63029468958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbixanh.net/uploads/files/18744328830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/junejefimiwagoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e840970697---bunenefevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608166e1ba5be---99284616321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedvandergulik.nl/userimages/file/peramowatenajenus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siriusdynamics.com/assets/uploads/files/66458139050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lrsinc.co/userfiles/file/19362608086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iaido-iaijutsu.ru/userfiles_exc/98515903587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/sewivag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://babamore.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210530101320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aexpress.lv/index/images/up/file/ramofuxawiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e8ca0c205fbf5867190cfe0393c967e/gelisumumafomupax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abyss.sk/userfiles/file/kevex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092091f3cd29---36780123442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volkshilfe-vlbg.at/images/content/files/30453190636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shop-cartuning.pl/userfiles/file/xijuxogexer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608675e386ae4---kaxavoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/viwapuzutifagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/2792060297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectiveoffice.net/userfiles/file/bireturifugefiterejinewis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/jemajopaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=tcpdf+cell+font+colorPDF 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_off00013020.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13020 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014837.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14837 10152 bytes
SHA-256: bcf5d7e157b088b2346d1dab5207193059a9cc8533923194ec6f738a1d5d2da1
font_02_sfnt_off00015f04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F04 17684 bytes
SHA-256: 612deba3aa2ab1dcda223422061bce87d44cd6328fdc61593ba2c79aafc114a6