Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76fe9eb44447adc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-10-10 01:14:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 2367585cb7b943fa5454c42fdb5037d2 SHA-1: 2f1eeecaac759d79328579305a4f2ec35c5fe95e SHA-256: 76fe9eb44447adc49d653a62618e022f583a45ae424a1363c74f2ca80c6ba5a0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Heuristics indicate it also functions as a link farm, with several URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382a9e481c8---zivurofesowugotuf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ff-engineering.com/userfiles/files/bigotezetunisuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foursservices.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/54292208291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/44791452053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aceitunasdelguadalhorce.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85171056113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siemreaptraveltours.com/userfiles/file/gisejuromo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fuze-pay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75050368894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rcot.by/pics/files/58532115675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladulceseguros.ar/noticias/fckeditor/file/36207258556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsmontaggi.it/userfiles/files/32402021877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.artikel238.nl/emmwebbit/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30352803586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-pro.com/userfiles/files/54143686342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147418f75958---60729064128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vnos.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/78712323807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bxbrdh.marketsearching.com/upload/files/78065239437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcrainhwy.com/uploads/files/nibabekowomidopidubofonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulgankhangai.mn/userfiles/files/vewafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fenolobemusanamefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/48641971929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e18bc2ed46---74813663821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mellorymotors.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11212904428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7497b0df630f3de53de62ba8bd45c322/finezufelebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atletika-pardubice.cz/files/file/fugezelabokavab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=the+process+of+converting+solid+into+liquid+is+calledPDF 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_off0000e003.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE003 19996 bytes
SHA-256: fca701b29838ab4f40b1d4d1be8ede1b94aa2eb3eba3962c3e2c520d55a4c199
font_01_sfnt_off000113a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012bb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BB8 11172 bytes
SHA-256: b3b3f3b8c484750140dcc924f552d5fec77c13d5fd4cd3e4306629429273b9ee