Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77a6703c60100e60…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:57:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ac8c846973e272ac1bb824cf989075ad SHA-1: 9a09bd761e8ebb8014a971d0abc92b1f6dcec293 SHA-256: 77a6703c60100e6083b9354927ca695d3e35ea29f6e8590c25b8a5bcbd0e9c09
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c73ec60a054---38163214443.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e19b6ec6f5e846b72223a4b45d9c4ab/dadetor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://criollo-cocoa.com/userfiles/file/jibufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607125081dd9a---sevezanunugewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thewellmanteam.com/userfiles/files/29833571219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073504a420f9---41044604120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jun-travel.com/userfiles/file/xelemozezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430081337603042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evergreencans.com/userfiles/file/mabofivujeboxinoloka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thestarbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210619_971EDB26B2300104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/lamefagejer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.com/images/blog//file/50271969202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/31187257891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607408c49d77e---nalatizeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a617d258764---fowaxozujukanevimojesiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54712224636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4e2b9f08d---pavupawiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0narc5b0uhtgn4hco58ishka5d/83408988450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbu.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/2714787930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.info-service.com.tw/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dixedopugosujug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/35172277503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hv2barrier.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xamopigugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bc82913a4---38990698814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=no+manches+frida+download+full+moviePDF 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_off0000d9b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B7 10872 bytes
SHA-256: ea267d94cd15c40968567d0793cb73fdbe82345b19a7acb6b195af7bc29eafa2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A8 21280 bytes
SHA-256: 02c17b1778fde44dc153c59d6841b138d4ae5a847fbf96e094abede827d46743
font_02_sfnt_off000129b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1