Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 772f2b8d75130b00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-07-03 02:51:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8b0bee5183b976125c9a9c373afc643c SHA-1: 9b259c37344e0fecaee0ee9f30f1e1010c57bab5 SHA-256: 772f2b8d75130b0047edac97082b25fdce5fe7783ffb121225fba930feefa62e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the redirection or further payload download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://deborahbrown.us/clients/860103/File/37529565945.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be3f36acea8---75014327130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/19152643884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cdd02d4a78ab6b6086d3189474dce07/1924164582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/gujidopomuxoxalatirone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramtron.vn/uploads/files/files/35430162382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703bb2538a6---53457955848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9u0rpgb3vhqu03n105bano7bs/4896868564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba291425b42---rirani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aisef.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/62474893544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/27496703708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de6c6decce4768ae18eb40a1c583359a/83955127832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mi1e9h7ffsuoupl93kouj5d3p7/talotiguwiwowut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92212b6d74---nolan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8743dd1ab890efec974cd30c052eb80/wufedivoxefanozufimoram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee5ff2c7de---3359602139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.de/userfiles/file/542386909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920e186819c---vudipixewawar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7dc31ca44---36868772389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1enr33b5a2d243ip2vh7j08cr2/burefizupikako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jh05ng7455gkf5bqkde9vo66i1/valufijozoguwenose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749893d2c2e---zumogikusozaruzamavozow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081fac93b00f---fomanodifonusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=examples+of+reductionism+in+biologyPDF 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_off000105b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105B7 11404 bytes
SHA-256: aed4f23a33907d1a78aa90894cac3c6046cefcaedc91ae5e27c63c4bfdfb1b68
font_01_sfnt_off00012035.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12035 17120 bytes
SHA-256: ea2585bf23aa772eef55a50acef1cea0f52527dd3beff5ba3100718bf70dc741
font_02_sfnt_off00014cb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1