Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76fb7899eea30056…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 17:13:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 93ff252f266d148cbc8166cb4318f8ba SHA-1: 3216ade6e3d2788c3dee5dd87aa5bc97a72ddfb6 SHA-256: 76fb7899eea300560a201a8d8449f45b03d2b685f412fe3d2a987a9d8dcb0a26
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code, likely to redirect the user to malicious sites or download further payloads. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct clues to its intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f762720bb8---lepapupe.pdf
    • https://salubrismd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fe4c54d3b437e6b3d0e3b2908e8652c/dufoz.pdf
    • http://biosafety.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zupalurusoxuseviba.pdf
    • http://pierrevillers.fr/mairie_files/file/67953874912.pdf
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607900a5c6d22---sidojaxudi.pdf
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bb8f7f6831170cb1ba6149ae520d041/53201715926.pdf
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f32bc41ece---87572773450.pdf
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb8a63a38929c32014af8baa62298377/36454840420.pdf
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/pitevixatajuvelupipef.pdf
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m3vvtnfgjdai5tms65qc3v52i4/8815431027.pdf
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6f30ddeb33b6e19183ec73f4d55a88f/11265641572.pdf
    • http://starwindows.ie/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60357459247.pdf
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072efa84ad69---49514116443.pdf
    • http://cdhsalumni.com/clients/28864/File/45772910990.pdf
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/8657942839.pdf
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608260607881d---zimewuxi.pdf
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ee3f79c1b---jumosoxexemo.pdf
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/23761480052.pdf
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db3b4778dbd9f2b3f5059b5deab1aa32/28112773515.pdf
    • http://baggiez.net/userfiles/file/96192679126.pdf
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a81da2942b0---85584779584.pdf
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/tavuwajup.pdf
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085bad3754c6---46644728178.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=top+10+fighting+anime+2020
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07df840106bfe6c3b2c8d007459ebd18/sedojedidusabukaxuzirese.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d1d5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1D5 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9ec.bin
5ebacdc13745fd743c6b1bc6ff092d8690979e8cb540ec11e16b0da481af001f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9EC 10748 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010284.bin
4c736be823e09d1e8b7215276523d61ce5ce26d6cd9e46cefa01f5247b2b7615
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10284 17120 bytes