Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78a73c69919b6b39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 10:13:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 12eee3ae0b036fc52f05b99a74dac797 SHA-1: 672b399286ed4176dbe39868ebf4651ff0ef655d SHA-256: 78a73c69919b6b39621caaa00737bf862a1433d612d1d648fcaf9304991d4b7a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to potentially compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://www.mustwalge.ee/data/content/files/nikojusalif.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b09322d2709e5cebbac2a821829a43e/gixefaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/65373459436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elencostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/83888605238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c653540e2d---19220035783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxfirma.com/userfiles/file/39428490831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladna.pl/user_images/file/musakoviwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njxinbell.com/upload/files/57096076545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://realestatemiami.com/userfiles/files/surapazedesupepedoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehair.center/upload/ckfinder/files/73712147155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bielle-srl.com/userfiles/files/bavijoxixozijufak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sainteuphrasia.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17325603843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pediatricpotentialsnj.com/PP/PPpng/files/tatevud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sedefartphotography.com/resimler/files/59378603348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28709960454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j6v8nonsson7keapqh7n26hejj/16851679384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peisheng.org/uploads/ckfiles/files/613e07309f3f9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://subded.org/userfiles/file/27843135188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lh4uds53nbpg7l66qkojvmrh0e/paxesedofalixovavokidax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vozilasavozacem.rs/files/vizikiguzupofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bb926e108d---milowevotobalulapabazugof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161338e9faec00---xidazovazezomitegigumibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/rubixemufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/jomoxabibudopeborilebikiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ismet.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47628856999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=android+keyboard+dark+modePDF 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_off0000b4a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4A0 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 084164f3ef2bd9d5b1fa4a8bb1c8afc608de2930b958b6fa55952caee757b07f
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC2F 15340 bytes
SHA-256: 9faf6fa7baedad757040d32e047661db9828f9d3bd59c54a4bfed2e9eed245f2
font_02_sfnt_off0000f38a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF38A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1