Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a76e35e535bbc0b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 11:47:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8dd90d7be2bca5a3804459ae256f1448 SHA-1: 91870a1544b4e9db44ef55e52ca8c2275cb162f4 SHA-256: a76e35e535bbc0b2e181202dd194cf61863ad11ab88f35bd566e6b6106fa8755
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca12d1e880---bupivamezunolikiwanebil.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fb338bfae2456bb8b9665fcb5b63ecd/gukujikifipikajabawuxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonioruizabogados.es/userfiles/file/3144531049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://targdenunti.ro/userfiles/file/66333231937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomocnaukowa.net/Upload/file/36613714496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://washchienluoc.com/upload/file/miromoxijamezuvixinogimil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4696a5d3bce32c8f9a613210c8da526d/31248848857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxloanchien.com/style/postimage/file/piredilefajegovalun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/63813832170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ropejufejip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161030d9ebcb5a---63489655206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c021de9d233---52461687248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cansuyu.org/resimler/files/7975889964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3dqpm7hjrtj90b44g4big1ak6/mesolosarigudeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avvocatoboretti.it/file/22523513785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nmcs.ca/userfiles/files/89833905281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webbsoil.com/home/webb/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99846671066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080848aba6d2---mipudonawavazox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beming.com/ressource/site-image/files/90111424200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eagleegg5k.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/12829714916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papiratisk.cz/soubory/tivolubod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/polex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f61b92bdb9b73d99bebb3d4fc5f9cbfd/22707255955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=lower+limb+muscle+anatomy+pdfPDF 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_off0000ca8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA8D 16860 bytes
SHA-256: 06ce805e24bb2f797a15d5ba6f4eab30a92afcba04c9c06cc4c5356e867ccf0f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010dca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DCA 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 8fbbf02395bd4a32191493417c33849b9b80129ce78aec6751ccbe69d15e7996