Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 877a883f4a0cdb8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-10-01 20:34:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: b59e972e2744059918feeb73ebeeb265 SHA-1: 9082ddb9e3ca40baf8785bfb2c9c63e8a88aa859 SHA-256: 877a883f4a0cdb8bb1434f068d44f593fb1d2b232d3514129541db2497e07719
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript 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 link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b4b1e93cb5---ruvak.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gordostcrista.ru/userfiles/file/32541951037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/97598442606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mhreng.com/userfiles/file/pekanez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitbrasil.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tolidixunalanit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://llux.vn/uploads/files/6954713022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drticket.ir/basefile/drtiketcom/files/79453218337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hybsch.it/upload/file/pipezafiguxani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614faeb33dec3---32034410590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jewagimuwaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d75d7d634c2e40eb8e988742b5f88beb/kimujozerefobabisewas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tovicetour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210906_9DB07EE05746EE5F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gs-hemeringen.de/ablage/userfiles/files/nikabufirutupadotipig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archifolder.com/userfiles/files/31659362931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/67612796736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/878303b27178c14d15e2f5be53d7bbd5/69666614362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areawifi.com/DESARROLLO/userfiles/files/dubidipizopobekibodaxavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbab1bcaqplb0ccyi9d.xn--p1ai/files/file/41023243617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff622a222c2b51da6dd6cfd469b80509/zubozul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubesolbra.com/uploads/files/tunowip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiovizia.com/webroot/img/content/files/zivakobiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a9a15a32fd---fuvafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupekineconcept.com/userfiles/file/tepijupejagexuxexid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=thick+ebony+grandmaPDF 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_off0000af69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF69 16552 bytes
SHA-256: 7391f7a0789a201500c02e7e6f6976963064632ec4986e8e7f01968258a98c77
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1CF 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 6c225876b50f0fa72ad537b3dc44836b6247790d3e94456b61d16c329e01061d