Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0728757bc5d96f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-14 09:58:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 6c24489e4dc330eb3ba9bbd4857fd467 SHA-1: d2977fca68d63b983a967493c56d0f57f44f23da SHA-256: b0728757bc5d96f0b25baacb449219a981d3e0914eff288c344907768d5be2cd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. These elements suggest the PDF is designed to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+does+bail+money+get+returned PDF link annotation
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b0909dc30---64259128186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphaconsultinggroup.us/vpw/images/file/dovitajoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbf09a267a48a138bf8739b5a7f38f68/41219595583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d02ff0adc10---93968657439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directorvincentchow.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/sesurakolumofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sca-eagleegg5k.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/29603434742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v713dg6pmnac6j9jv35u1s2217/xunuzuvavugomugikakal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioituigiay.net/uploads/files/28991106008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/48371073042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingprocess.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/suwinuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982ea732a41---11386265659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hausbootgeiseltalsee.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37r773b7i8or73amoshq7ol1ls/diduborapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609489f1a2ec1---simipefajegomutob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3d9673cfa2---nejunarevarozuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b88959a2f---43445172965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210515150306668273gjbxta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greaterdeliveranceministries1.com/clients/61527/File/60678997641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i98a4guoni1d03l2r391atgb6t/degifaxoribozurazobasoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9929f7432ae0d3f65fa409fd21374391/99520439006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovalpolycoats.com/media/44773119348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://porterbrothersltd.com/app/webroot/uploads/37660939896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73q15s3uirmkodvvf07uf5ackj/wazulodobexosepufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuahuyhoang.com/media/ftp/file/gebafubabafagazuviwun.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_off0000fe8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE8C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001169e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1169E 17192 bytes
SHA-256: 911e1b5799c2027de639088ef2b68b0e774e2d50855907a9d319cf762b69ea6b
font_02_sfnt_off0001437d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1437D 11020 bytes
SHA-256: baac40be51f9d2d25f931b5f44ec0ae51898e72c7c19968db180d1c9d784aaac