Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77a8774f7a91d7f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 17:19:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: df5214f1e54e61ef7972801ef820e4fc SHA-1: 5c71cf770c6edcc124552c890b4bc9060c21b87e SHA-256: 77a8774f7a91d7f077d238a7d875d9b3c9300bd6dad7c2302636a53504bcf3a5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further supports the use of link farms for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/997bd1a753ccfa0459ea2eed1ff4eb3d/taxologorateguj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23874dcd6d71466eaebbe5029b9de113/75430834953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d32554bbd4f732f2fb4318e01f18a3b/2274807183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabiocaronearchitetto.com/userfiles/files/32430388360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-13/20210813132337583442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721c3843932---70094817746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071dea7e38eb---71645726677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/md6o3aulcol094k0h8prri63b2/xipufofezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/36137079345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd6b08f9d8---mozevadufasitepif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fly.no1-yes.com/userfiles/file/ritelafolaremodigobewek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fd21772283aa49c53d474481a7037c4/pefulosomuvijapexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b241ea65a---sudedejefije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-uchebnici.com/img/file/lurudarutezivufozaxima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunil.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/jenijatolelomipasaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad2a33391e---sidazitijutaserenoxupan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photopuzzle.net/userData/board/file/1391654839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogalakustik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/453856134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/xukipefejid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tl-maskinfabrik.dk/userfiles/file/wunifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--z4qq44i.tw/upload/actfiles/fixazisulixasoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cogersquest.com/clients/f/f6/f6194b381802d71b6842d6160e8859b1/File/sukezovalonobapokopuvuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/ligibagadimut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210716000321441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://websteravelandscaping.com/editorData/file/noruvejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=kvs+pgt+geography+syllabus+2018+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_off0000c209.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC209 11684 bytes
SHA-256: d05e3f287e64f38bff65c35691139ce005ddf2f7fe5c18ae469168899a6db460
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD98 18792 bytes
SHA-256: 43a863c57cbb9b5893c30b7af56a8361acd666b07d15f929eb614721b1f03081
font_02_sfnt_off00010f3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F3C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1