Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84f7533f31b96e74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-08-11 15:12:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: fb5185aab56bff91d327c5d7320d3994 SHA-1: 136b90551af4676c6f98cf5f35fb4863df9236cd SHA-256: 84f7533f31b96e74b81342b051b0aeb22b4f96cf8a76ef7ff921d1b8caccb9ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hkey_local_machine+software+policies+microsoft+windows+installer+disablerollback PDF link annotation
    • http://showpalmedical.com/userfiles/dapigogerutotisivexorezal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aukuras.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64445694209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a50fbcd2ac9---21522314375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a487064c89766d881e06b3d9f9ff845/tutosunadezupaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slstudio.it/userfiles/files/fakezitipek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/8884712236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockhousemethod.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17269749527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160783b57b9186---ketivivarik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2b0e4625b9---76003311041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuketwebstudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuxuwipulaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kasivafofafukivegatidag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://englandmatchshirts.com/assets/file/1584514879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/804a99d32395bdeed7e82517d42eb2a6/fubof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakehighlandsrw.org/clients/863582/File/xigakubalumanetejej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriardue.it/userfiles/files/detarelibadisivaxedalorip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/bikojis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaintik.org/files/galeria/files/99579617816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cb1058da7---75107030474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d91d05bce6---68898518398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6292b1026a18a9a24f0ea6e50726071d/46855631180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiga.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sekekasesepijatunapiwogax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fce3322c64e---nosarupetaguwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinazzjx.com/d/files/fopiragalajarawoweti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/13723010059.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_off0000ff20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF20 17160 bytes
SHA-256: 93b26ad2bd66f6e1fc02207afa5898d7446aad8fe327b1924835b85d16f56786
font_01_sfnt_off00012bce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BCE 11340 bytes
SHA-256: 10237d0c0b05704dd95d15e0acca511712852ab6304dc6cb944f9f76883ddef1
font_02_sfnt_off00014620.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14620 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1