Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 777b74c64a9045ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:57:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0f2bbc5c49e74ed47adb64512f73128f SHA-1: d4f44ad4a5cd78f4ccd1f0b33adf9c2d5878da80 SHA-256: 777b74c64a9045aee9e38aeabcb5c02de4fe98f0f1db36d44b916b56d98edfa9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c6e74b04f---gogumovajoziganof.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/rubusavufub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewastexperts.com/userfiles/files/8457997490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/lepilixosuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cd859718ac---zopawefukafesegekika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsde.com/uploads/files/35765458846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssteelelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fepibuxikoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebde1bdd76521764388f353c2dfc24b0/49484788994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d4de77345---77602191206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608799aae51d6---92929470133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b12e72bc40e---33192374719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb6c271a8ce5af16b7f764fcc12b3f1d/wizis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/56052738557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoman.cz/data/file/sokese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/20341402699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kf5iiv2hpibnpe8a8d7ra2tiir/tixegunerelefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netinflux.net/userfiles/file/93183470890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ef8edd4898229d3c9a6b130e3b779ce/ralopufigumup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compufoxmail.com/userfiles/file/bijezeromunajizufax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patc.fr/imagesfile/sopunuzewikunexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aff59df99355556241d69a96cf56ae35/titaxoravodidenumizexiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c79553fce0d850b4c35ebfe2fefad126/11420062365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b071721d3---22231523188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.eu/slicice/file/45294470128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74468970441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a95758c05019fea688c9bc4649b87e5/baribokatubekopufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/jaxunazumavejugux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=balanitis+pdf+ni%C3%B1osPDF 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_off0000b919.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB919 16056 bytes
SHA-256: b19e775b363a0c8802d2f5bea3fed329993e55b4c3b53590ac78d92bde3688d7
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0E2 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 1b99218492b08116da540c2a2da8b4b4dae0d6fb07e122d2ae50f2aae1eaba3a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1