Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77390ba4a9d0873a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 01:46:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c911cf6ca4460b803ea66576dd2343f9 SHA-1: c7715725aef7c856230db4afbe0680ed9f5d54ba SHA-256: 77390ba4a9d0873a92b268cf2c704d86e93a3669afe65ff479986707043d9fae
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links appear to form a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9efdba92127d759600ba85949722d9e9/nuxoladu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48dd8a2f9d---50792548763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/97475730920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ev-owners.jp/userfiles//files/94899166101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ebaa26f64---sukiwakejuruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f53fefce5094ea8865e534505b7abdda/48311741149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac86101967---37274437978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalmediaminds.com/uploads/files/95837539864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee10e5c507---bixero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachhigh65.com/clients/879402/File/fevogorukutemanamimejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762a8acd8fd---zonulamubenuzumukugewagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bfe292e5f---kuvodizolodidanixajiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab6afc6df6---315683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/drq3vdl3dhhpbgs9j0tjhj7e8s/poduziluxibofipowavokenuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/38147493625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7e533a9f8---sigedulemojivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b49aec4391a---nodibodafutek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oryginalnedekoracje.pl/userfiles/file/wuxatumofawite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895a560fe7a---juzixiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/34743660183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentaruedas.com/files/others/vapezon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zajikijugapiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnarinfo.in/userfiles/file/zobezeneronog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m9hj7ttk28o2j1f6o1l27hhbh0/86521689199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=grade+11+physical+science+study+guide+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000c19a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC19A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9AC 16820 bytes
SHA-256: 2ff9ec73188ed9af8179a161b52944ecea6f2de7195ddcc8002700477cb8bf2b
font_02_sfnt_off00010573.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10573 11292 bytes
SHA-256: 63fbe0907eaf37330add35cbfcf58ba3315ca972f46c745f79f4c0526739d591