Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 777ac08295008421…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:56:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 832cffc8d803194fecdb80454b41cfa8 SHA-1: e5010e001347563b216ea36650bc078e89737f34 SHA-256: 777ac08295008421948add68876cc38478301b62ac0570345684c9e1c51e3811
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are structured as link farms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=driving+distance+from+san+diego+to+la PDF link annotation
    • https://ruh-center.ru/userfiles/file/95719351583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/nuximowefazivesebidorow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f105d18129---giweneka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93469f5f900434c348e3e7b75f594d21/kifegubebarefenuwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c976bed07c3faf2f58cb248e97255c58/2130334176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafeau1ait.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gobatitatubirukik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a643f23eb68---81249242284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thic.net/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/raxosinuzixuwovopejuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/et383i86qv3ot3352pq92b1et0/lasadudebapezamufarogug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k9o8vltplfhr007muhlcpkfq85/95158722810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pr8k9hi22o5hrie3610263rr62/82410524547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brickform.cz/obrazky/files/tarelakeniwejevomegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thomasbelldescendants.com/clients/40432/File/28430467591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8c9fc0ce8360bbe8b24d964c9e33254/10074866107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mama-light.net/business_school/uploads/file/bemerupatadezovurel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bfb2154863d86f59bc4bf19fcde97ca/65928115830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeverma.in/uploads/files/86469176163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lentes123.com/aym_image/files/27946113941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0680b5ef4ca241c41ef5ae4920e8853/kibutelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4d2fc9050---lusimasaxemidine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avela.md/userfiles/file/migojalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612586a877222---babifezexigobizagajed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864a15d01f4---51341699104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e168f395a9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranthachcaodanang.com/uploads/image/files/faxunetakiridijovosofiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cc27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC27 17500 bytes
SHA-256: 55017e644ff26af77657da7b3e98284c7340ecbf75efe25619caf1eedcd8fc1f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f957.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF957 10888 bytes
SHA-256: b2079897be3967ef3a1714a4b8c6eb5c6d7af5a7822842e871720855d7d79131
font_02_sfnt_off0001125b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1125B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1