Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77d70546d262c292…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-13 04:51:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 596665bac32592b1e92db52cbbc0e101 SHA-1: 90a6592c04e3de3057275a4456344b89637cea3d SHA-256: 77d70546d262c2924bbb17323d16697109ba894a5de59c244d20e3cedaf7ec93
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this is a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://sitarasign.ir/data/file/simasosuxekexojopoz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hanart21.com/files/userfiles/file/bobadusojorewozow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/tobawimorexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a3bdb5e722---45933263316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aybar-gallery.com/userfiles/files/dofowekitumikozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161327ea7e3431---7576500472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionradvanice.cz/res/file/28150015460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbairs.com/datas/files/56987198246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///27815200314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlanham.com/uploads/files/miviwuzulupazaruzama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/88317190908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-park.es/img/uploads/files/jinazinonis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaukitchen.com/uploads/files/gilujirunoram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livermore.com/wysiwygfiles/file/54399548507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifesmart.lifesmart.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35872890337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/35831400113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/umnqcve10vf749djo6d10qitf7/10450886834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613012ad89753---34605018209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canshu.dlzj.net/upload/files/20210908141033507907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simplehome.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18753349018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137345fbb0a9---sadetap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130054f17791---gewagixawod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=a+textbook+of+environmental+chemistry+and+pollution+controlPDF 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_off0000dda6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDA6 11480 bytes
SHA-256: 9c781ff320d443617e9e6ac80b9523d85cb818454ef28c13ed1e5b76f3fe7463
font_01_sfnt_off0000f87e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF87E 17136 bytes
SHA-256: dceb849a1f5ff34e694a11fa62df5b2caaf43666f1726eaa31c2a9b1809fc19d
font_02_sfnt_off00012517.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12517 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1