Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78904932c219ca47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

120.2 KB Created: 2021-07-16 17:25:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: f1f7e7a86f34fe280ffb05d2f76e6357 SHA-1: a76fad34db8df31331ed36cc37b129eec9afaf32 SHA-256: 78904932c219ca479bb78d0c67d3b817fd22786022c8647fe084aa813bf4721a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or exploit vulnerabilities. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to various external URLs hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://radio-salsa.com/php/rs/filesupload/file/48721436449.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://weyergans-hcc.lv/userfiles/file/xadopixewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608828ad37f39---94816074641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd8a0138b67---wemakela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6pa1e8b99j6bv6r2i15b6vcjmi/dinate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/40517548685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gopherandsquirrelcontrol.com/admin/images/file/48798093472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22fn0f8bk6g65ag60r3vo4jv8h/57666990186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiemtoanhaiphong.vn/upload/files/65758561871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc783647c8d7cfbb6492d4f63e3871e8/xadomufimoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cffbd443e7d37c52cd71971d74a6da7a/73953797181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41668191ad---pukososupedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94609581000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608447440d600---54869192459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americanewbie.com/userfiles/file/lariv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9174330af---wogadawirinowoturuxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f958f1a672---wiguwegufitumubefat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/lamudibigatimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608018117028a---12336450993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9b881901b994ddd98059401cfca03a0/94331668069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithattamphuong.com/upload/files/sedemibuxijobezosekilijik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0bc7e9a3c5231d29aa7c3d0e74f6bb8/70248405080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d669acc5e---89005245993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee0d900185---gesebokabewuled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ssecokaps3u1ruumfnslaqr120/doveniwonateb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=time+now+in+millisecondsPDF 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_off000173b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x173B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00018bc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18BC8 10220 bytes
SHA-256: 42e4779507a352217ef069ed4d726adcb7a606be67787f1ee1a4a9edbbec215c
font_02_sfnt_off0001a2bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A2BB 18244 bytes
SHA-256: 5c347e6bad598a9b50a9b8b0cbdf312391af56d8b5c7d8e5ab3be338e9f90039