Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 877961006bf22109…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-08-20 16:04:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5a99bc61fb02fbbc27e15c53364d6634 SHA-1: fd074477b829b8646701aac5906d31933aad1ffe SHA-256: 877961006bf22109259ab8a752d573be24698b70dbea6f27f3aae729bc91c006
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF document contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories and utilize SEO poisoning tactics. The embedded JavaScript stream, while not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs. The document's structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest it's designed to lure users into clicking these links, potentially leading to phishing or further malware infection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 77 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://gima.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pirokovodatadivel.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kamkmori.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66885908074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb90389bd35---68857909022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jc11f93ac54huorkqtl7erdvvf/zedubewufageg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidsjeodo.com/images/files/naperuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4camdrqjdmp4ihjhhesj8rvfp5/pufin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuovartea.eu/userfiles/files/13746132423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98174181597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poongdung.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210806_055FA639C1BF7E12.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerequipment.com/d/files/jazifumese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranaghatpchsschool.org/userfiles/file/30817140025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaae7amexjfdlfdfg.xn--p1ai/files/file/89121861457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phannhan.vn/files/usersfiles/files/91814589531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnhaduong.com/images/uploads/files/39755176411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19c6c6f9e859ff1cafa7358c41b478fa/41320179749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yacpa.org/yacpafiles/file/kafelixapexavowemobizuzup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/baxavepazesefavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d2e92cf7d9---wigetiwawaviwudaranobul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16e4025311229fd64a2ffaa67f2d7f97/37692673601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-14/20210714092602775864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9e93cddef7c438941374b4f6e5c5cde/febatobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okulsanmalatya.com/imgup/file/3122635191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f2daf5d6c0e1a258dc953737c5a4c2a/41320213066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8f3a5ee5b1---kowanejeruwaguxunonegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverdiamond.com/file/27380009293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hook+up+receiver+to+smart+tvPDF 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_off0000cfd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFD4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7EB 10824 bytes
SHA-256: a89f66bd7b1d14586a0f200f4e6dc440939ae9739e9e118c220e19a5219e53e9
font_02_sfnt_off000100fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100FE 13660 bytes
SHA-256: 9c703e0bef2337da84475f94f2d932f550f19f0d93830a10240fdd30f8bb2361