Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a76c2af440deb536…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:12:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c29d65fc1a93e07c3852f56e7b8a3ee2 SHA-1: a16392abf7913abc3dc285b67b70c8e2bc15ad83 SHA-256: a76c2af440deb53647d893647c0710fec50f188e90ecfe95ca7450981e95fd95
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to redirect the user or download further malicious content, while the link farm attempts to obscure the ultimate destination, possibly a phishing page or malware download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ebcf23dee---82416469099.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shipagents.nl/uploadfiles/file/48423972488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rux-thai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41658397862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madhubanindiancuisine.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/koxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ac63be441---34578601412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwsalisbury.com/uploads/files/rozemiteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-eu.sk/upload/files/70253635742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahubunting1.com/contents//files/97476781770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukierniabrzezinski.pl/www/artizam/fck/file/sakovatixerapolip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdenet.mn/userfiles/file/kovizesim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camberwelltaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/19354504995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/21112134959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607033756e9c0---99361342106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizungen.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/98420364096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebrates.ca/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/84742958698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.com/uploads/images/files/42545426711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruvuwamefosakugepamemode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fairtradeportal.pl/userfiles/file/buvezidapixasaramideweruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kperrylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/58486739949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aatg4aaaddkhfhbf3evf.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wusidis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalstudio.com/images/main/file/somexixobovezufulejitariw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keacg.com/upload/files/35849023473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610914ff0432e---55463714193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d199488b6e3---daxowobutajezedunewume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=edifier+studio+r1280t+manualPDF 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_off0000bc01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d413.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD413 16708 bytes
SHA-256: 504898f39a624e9a90469dc1921d9e10c15013bdfb7d052f570083ecadb3d997
font_02_sfnt_off0000fef1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEF1 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 7fdc487dd7ea2d9d7572ee0fcf30c411a61e2839d004b472e82912946a5a0e16