Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 784a8c7ac2e2413f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:35:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 45ac0c3d1f2923cc287146f2cd245273 SHA-1: 83fe2dcd096b65671de3c29bb1eb915a06a52754 SHA-256: 784a8c7ac2e2413f5b131861c4a00cf985e2c1867edc48c5dbf5fa082837efd7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many external URIs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://toptenstudy.com/upload/files/BodyFile__60C5BCD914ADD.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2f025f533632f2d95b3a8e7560ed28f/83004180017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d74216b38b900fac594b58c654dad11/fafutedisisefajipemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/34975402542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19267538140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lexcochoralsoc.org/demo/lccs/beta/userfiles/files/xerelonug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607758c4c95df---sixet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuzoku-kyujin.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xonuvimawepawuzona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b7a3e162f---96024426192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mezmat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nikikelavel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiaato.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210814_96A6D29AAEF81334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e0aac0f4e---28719833649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografieindex.nl/images/uploads/10712442594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aweibel.com/Photo/file/94053637383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/90142011521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astefin.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tunikatuzakoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/nufokilokizak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwtcs.org/Content/uploads/files/65016177979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retroldn.com/userfiles/file/paxafepusalupewelap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efba281cf602697d17c34267b4779435/kumoluvoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/fufuxoxodok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099ed0996b02---xujixufinijoseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-mit.com/uploads/files/91276709673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60a9f7647c1254665d037e6a9f276fbb/dokijolipulus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=it%27s+a+wonderful+life+play+script+pdf+freePDF 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_off0000dde6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDE6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5FD 10900 bytes
SHA-256: c68ecd3929d9972c6258783dbc49e9e5f2d4b30549318f2717f0f9f7c8f08add
font_02_sfnt_off00010f72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F72 17252 bytes
SHA-256: dc1d5d6975c40a834df3c972462067c28936bb335850a56a7d3add0a73bd3986