Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a76e8bdf760c5d1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-29 12:05:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7636320fcca7cf10800068ff0cbe2d22 SHA-1: dc24e0b8b5440124a028e1467daf3405df9cefee SHA-256: a76e8bdf760c5d1a7ba170820a3e66d69c8b12a84c735be96724b75ab1333ea8
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript and link farm suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9893

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139c38feefc2---zazubadeto.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://serenetour.com/image/upload/File/xubenewerumiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamboomfi.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/39282071772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.rs/slicice/file/nemukutidojonovepajozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://185.33.116.145/~acus01/upload/files/43520895725.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://essuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nebunovup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhivietuc.webthoidai.com/img-vietuc/files/26140831701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/30665249604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuocnam.xyz/images/files/4276339234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vecbpeolma3kkj0rq0lcrrh160/44283286958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/40756425416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemingway.bg/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xebubevolipababinirebiron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbnjl.com/userfiles/files/rogoferunenamepujobeluwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scarpatti.com/files/64931756947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leprofit.ee/cmsfile/contentfiles/wijuwijepoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.canoe.ro/Extras/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9085842440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myhomeinparis.com/userfiles/files/zuvoxojipuderinuxodub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brukbet.com/user_images/file/80594441879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transturist.transturist.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/files/files/35370508478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lmcmanager.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62760129989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150001.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210916113749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vbond.hk/editor_upload/file/miribubej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henca.com/files/details/file/vugarurejitima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vh4vfqleecgjus4a907fkqs6vo/54941707858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalcircle.club/userfiles/file/nakitebumilewituponawade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louisianarebarcontractor.com/editorimg/file/43132439337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=watch+itunes+on+androidPDF 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_off0000b22d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB22D 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 822b5f71780f19ee169288e5c93b85ee2a513e1af0ecb41798446956a89eab93
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA1A 16256 bytes
SHA-256: 4430d01a1fb1e7b4f7735c0e9a03cf9c01c3b4175c7d4a7503b94e69f2408ca9
font_02_sfnt_off0000f346.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF346 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1