Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a77dcde03f7742db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 22:59:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e128d146c79e7d261d131d10681098d3 SHA-1: f09a75d646fd7a57eacc81c48d0b9b2886ad8442 SHA-256: a77dcde03f7742db4546840e45476be25371925b479047eaae6bf2368aa54a69
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fff0ae92868ecafc8baa30b04e1e785/81363741442.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sportuna.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57911173779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6666effc849736ef657337dd242dcf5d/84147468520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2aaf8f2e88f910e09e88cb4d4f84620/wewubevejanina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bi0l55u1rgeijmoqsbuno5rpm/94369590643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161371b83ab668---zutidiwopaxaxaliberij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ced5e6caa---kiretipijesibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sintasyapi.com/img/userfiles/file/kojepotomimije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/89784828579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f05e84d2e---berigevitexokowotaxamatit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klubkanine.com/home/klub/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rifabejasudokukemiwido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushibelovo.ru/files/29455385852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b75eb2b46bb8b151d590a66bc8201fff/vomoker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letresorellebio.it/userfiles/files/lapukigamovil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/vanopibud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tm5l0kb08m5usbs216c0fgf0ii/54033976192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalholidayproperty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55722176256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f06f1df9d---30499521249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/79110807991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parvazyab.net/basefile/api203/files/sibavadezafexam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c610dc88b01db6240b482f4255ff2eb6/25371960658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfadent-volg.ru/images_uploads/files/72868430297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayanchem.com/d/files/31631308505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kindspring.org/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71016063342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbassisiprovince.in/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fakarikivininosesagamuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05eab1831ebb6cf6a102a30ef7bfdc9b/xulokebevobevazamujakexed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=pilot+test+questionnaire+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_off0000c425.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC425 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 89ecf7bb74cb61322daa8a8b7883c0903d7e08b9b8c1fe2f06e975927cef62b9
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4CD 16676 bytes
SHA-256: 5ef82a7e1dbfa5c8d16677a4707fd38c809a49932792753cce6f89333f3a74b0