Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78bd382558be9321…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-14 23:49:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: af50fbc198ddc207cf030f127547e08f SHA-1: a07110df50a31d6d402e8504bb6c15e90efbdf67 SHA-256: 78bd382558be932102af68dab5fdb5d07c41af991e8712f71fbb453161c58548
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=evaluation+svt+5%C3%A8me+respiration+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160732f8324fc4---65628717284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7jqe9kn9oik9dpte7lium72bm0/4315035678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standartbio.com/fckfiles/file/gupeseture.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/sivutibunapaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanilkwanla.com/uploads/files/68169582431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5db404add84a8ed15d5ba45234b3870/28744757048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/opd77d09jg800b1guor0t6udu5/84362571419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8ccfac884ecc79291565118df7ae216/wogam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danchrisjewelry.com/userfiles/file/59205608393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779450dddf3---21810816969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transmar.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3275614000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e68643a0fcd---siverusaketuduxunit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/baxifenibobidatisinibinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6673a08ec7---72294922951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokstar.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/rologufuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duetsepolno.pl/userfiles/file/vigexixemofizagipepazisaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-kva.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51760409460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161114157c7869---16486941864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/dazafanedixetojunaxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b3a04f76d---pazowaletopukel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airholic.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/momep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hobbes-group.com/upload/files/saxedepexomalazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mclandpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/bovap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000df8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF8C 18908 bytes
SHA-256: 318ed09be4a440f22d2070ec61f4477632dc47bdceec90a750b287f58282c29f
font_01_sfnt_off00010f4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012766.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12766 11100 bytes
SHA-256: af4dc447cbd310e0d60552dfdd3ca443c712002cf755b07ae6f71087e0b371b5