Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a774d102562ec1cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:20:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 22d192f90f7d95e21f6852629e3b3ae6 SHA-1: 2a692ef85dde4fa1f1a9fe4906ff499403cdd719 SHA-256: a774d102562ec1ccbc154cf361ceee24c9ecaf0249a59c9528c4f11b30e437c5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a primary mechanism for executing malicious actions within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+trade+price+on+oppressor+mk2 PDF link annotation
    • http://fkjz.cn/upload/files/2021/07/202107140247019700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e9155abae62---matevopim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a5d6666c2---58681593673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-johnson.com/Uploadfiles/files/17553307322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/no0t9tltf0o4lhp9goe9kv94nd/jirasozuzuliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c148326c071---75072822249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoannalisatinelli.it/userfiles/files/sevosefudebevozega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodline.by/userfiles/file/94976421718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77cee2505d3a86c5bef64d8f43a2b9b7/26179839732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regalmotors-jp.com/js/upload/files/15693929888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e9f80a80dff572046444ba168011267/16051344804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ce56eb598a---24411200787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7lsgnhdmd11a524qngjr9e2bp/zigarinatojetobubifudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dk58d5liuptftu1dr250777960/83521215328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mlmrockstars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/finamesisametononaguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nezrenweb.com/calisma2/files/uploads/mojodorobivusunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a46769c3437---zudema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saito-ken.jp/userdata/file/94550349033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/ligumenunuvumoxodaloxofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/vinusonumarogirofozixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intersat.lv/files/file/nitedapotenexoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084fffdbebc5---lulanuberikorisukenit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ih2vg99tnkqfr15foq8nartcj7/25318086192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/wujev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705b5406f22---relalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cde6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDE6 16964 bytes
SHA-256: 1bd861e4b4ef3e6c8f7675446f4064b589cac510944112b9df061aca0ed40173
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9E2 11100 bytes
SHA-256: e091ef093f925d9e00b772f1106fc4ad725739e6b8eb02188d705e14c6a52c21
font_02_sfnt_off000113a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1