Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 773d5d437f67d4b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 23:46:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 15eba8d9278b5d90d6e4b1c163983b47 SHA-1: 9d6129640278d56c3d5b341e50844687ada0ccf3 SHA-256: 773d5d437f67d4b068a7259862c791eb7b2f69521403638e0b1d82e92a80641a
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 delivering malicious content. It hosts a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcgcflikb3tmu72mda40k7p087/88001303406.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75054bb57e04e2bf8b8ac4b84bfd253a/23913319639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/61941010851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae26998b7a2---65324648503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b29a8ec5b09---36667825277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mn-lawfirm.com/box/userfiles/file/bavebej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/72129232045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otartufo.com/ckfinder/tartufofiles/files/92204797776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e2e3ad90d---17703895794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapneasytrafficschool.com/CheapNEasyTrafficSchool/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/96049792763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9c6bb711ed---22739562282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/vefununibiduwuwaresux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5682f2638c---pukifidinemokujogufaduwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7fcd771e824384bf4d13443d7898280/39910100566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28fe6928c085ab3c36a5b691ce530230/tanaginekinofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7edb75384299b9350b236b1541b65c0b/26533674376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/sigewas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a390c5468f---732618245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jomujivofirelokomokan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f395bfc63---sokor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fnvep3m6ns3c14hnqs44nre8jm/duromerebalupewemiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=calories+in+whiskeyPDF 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_off0000eed8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEED8 17356 bytes
SHA-256: a7fe54533260f948fad3259101ce3d419afc405516d6a59a0c2ab41c78fb1bb2
font_01_sfnt_off00011c5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C5A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013471.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13471 10428 bytes
SHA-256: bdd86bd4777530d37684d9273a3ce0310ff7344091670fa2746a31b4e555e713