Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 771d2aed0282c33c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-07-29 14:17:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 25779e3172e795e22b82e0df1ed59cb0 SHA-1: 23a4a1010cda0f8bf08cff00cfff66ddc899a1c2 SHA-256: 771d2aed0282c33c4ea492e018d40c182386e57e65fdd68eb7df10d77813ea4a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content, likely a phishing or malware distribution site. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021791053137564.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608436c0cd3a9---janafarazidofuxesal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa944d2b39b6f8044158c5fb1b04b49d/gokeziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuning-zone.eu/userfiles/file/73468942536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santeh.md/img/files/86634393936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a65b5c0d0b---46026640764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/vatuxologazawofedoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33758770445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160c7b842d46bf---xuwaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tz5168.com/uploadfile/image/2021/06/14/file/20210614_160204_159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c623227afaa---tozozukevewib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4auitlqvftkov7ao1rag15gp87/15465098065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/989d3a00b109e47436860a7145f6e627/55402606840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/16536285981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-25/20210725014441311819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/wowarurisuxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ouhkpthaa.org/userfiles/juzesunapivemarixer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honda-vo.com/upload/file/25313292229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af94801142c---sobutusatarejabok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/kuraxetovowoguvefaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d24042a6350---tetepegojoseramoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/489699e8075edda4448cf53059f4f90a/timowidizarur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altonika.pro/files/fck/file/fisulutusuzidadusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e8591c245---21408984008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbtsap.com/Upfiles/news/file///tasape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=156+paseo+de+gracia+redondo+beachPDF 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_off0000ff98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF98 17820 bytes
SHA-256: 155b8276db9ec7a15bd1928bdbebddda5101ce5c7ac736a36aca35a27fcb8eeb
font_01_sfnt_off00012eab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EAB 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 2f1a8ea969b4bc8b845bc0d2d80daf36108aa8c7d9baf09df05464b5dc87d548
font_02_sfnt_off000147e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1