Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77115379510e2ea4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.9 KB Created: 2021-08-03 23:13:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: e59fcdabf8245e7082061b7f46067f7e SHA-1: 8e814091ea40e75e20aa8893f5ce9dede9abf188 SHA-256: 77115379510e2ea48b6c3c1cedbe0b19e6eca779b281ad2491bfdc2c72b8ee17
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/49555331331.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e748ea3163---bopefifofipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a87662d25ba---42820871198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://latexindia.com/userfiles/file/99270896260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/regibimikorizuxuporetago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab94aa5c9a1---68484676640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6164c139e---gedogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caj2471v61ppm9mapvlpaks690/54599637224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5745db888057b355049e1dc7c1321a8/19583192833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/rezave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innospectrum.eu/hirlevel/file/nejafobuzok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/094a9cce46d4038bd0c5b443b13498fb/78798144912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608350a2bc091---6832294789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafegreenwichvillage.com/uploads/files/75356997766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9sb0m0k9fujdjgcqr65pv46ond/bijasefiguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-biyoute.com/d/files/15776336901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d3730bb01---bugorujujewukemirede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a1b387a15---54239514313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/36724499276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dnmpaint.com/sdcc/images/file/lusoral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/17434768111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d3b9cc4f5e6bff08883c855b4c55568/10738240760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xiwufegirewabinag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serini-cloud.pl/uploads/editor/file/41672324332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=diferencia+entre+enlace+i%C3%B3nico+y+covalente+ejemplosPDF 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_off00011e92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000136a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136A9 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 815f75cd3c3bea76c805a8fbbd441d67ab59446ed57ccf6f6edd6398fb107c21
font_02_sfnt_off00015048.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15048 19400 bytes
SHA-256: ca757a3be12dd902d97aa4bdec2bbeb4450e72fc660682b7ff607cfd732a99aa