Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76fcd1d9a5ba6544…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 12:48:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 39db31015985688d4f192bcc34a88a4f SHA-1: 9cae208df1623fbce20e9f618d96269b6dd1756b SHA-256: 76fcd1d9a5ba6544e6bf3424b96c5caaa711a89b0a265f1d7f307711b0c9e92e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://architectureanddesign.it/userfiles/files/tuwisusiren.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614311ec3adc3---mebupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.libyamonitor.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20412336813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/6125313675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mboafvr1ran7mlnu9fhouf2pp3/bibizuvaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seosanhrd.com/userfiles/file/52461828652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613537795bb5a---bifipotunafikabenoror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/rezopopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebrinteractive.com/userfiles/file/17196741191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bengalroys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pifobupafalekawedolujom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netkat.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bazubizorolazogimada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forexinc.ca/upload/editor/file/30977096056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myblindz.com/fck_user_files/file/1986617920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdgom.com/upload/file/210917170524790707wc4nvo1icgnm.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stealthwindow.tw/uploads/files/202109080516128846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poptheme.cn/uploadfile/files/20210908_061922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeytraining.net/userfiles/file/65828845596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datcat.vn/2018/file/sesodel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jlgardner.org/home/jlg/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vevunimamupupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badoza.net/userfiles/file/68276613303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nature-revive.org/files/file/batemutiwemor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e94016066---71951565206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vilnius.cvzona.lt/resources/img/files/71245693504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=focused+cost+leadership+examplePDF 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_off0000ed2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED2E 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 7ad848e45e9abf151d6e4be4a1534402a05df4299a5e47b14efabb5f7ee94ea5
font_01_sfnt_off0001063d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1063D 18112 bytes
SHA-256: 95e9e256154fa8043a987afbfd938d6d0bab70d545af1961fad9918aa74a18cd
font_02_sfnt_off000134e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1