Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b75accfd02782b41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-08-29 22:16:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d32f96e00a87939f111625ea0d4bc8b4 SHA-1: 5285f9397011203c32819f01027dc6254d8ca588 SHA-256: b75accfd02782b4151ddd4c2cafd6ab44d99cfd76fc3288bd817667428f7163d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination and evade detection. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://fizjolech.pl/userfiles/file/xifebalagor.pdf
    • http://gysanya.com/upload/file/210730022322622481wou56zhgl55o.pdf
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d1a1ac9897---75146008161.pdf
    • https://afra24.com/basefile/afra24/files/30838660280.pdf
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/tefunefigol.pdf
    • http://linkingpeople.info/userfiles/file/togilikuwapufax.pdf
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/fowumud.pdf
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd8b4e1715---317482791.pdf
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b25d917bfaa---lujaj.pdf
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dgu55c9gu9s23qc28gndt1uqp/tenefolivajujinozo.pdf
    • https://zhansq.cn/upload/file/ronodufaneremof.pdf
    • http://siembra.me/uploads/files/kanozaxavetamuvimoje.pdf
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51f82103b0bb1e4f53012f0bc79c4d6c/repejugofozo.pdf
    • https://szabolcsipeter.com/userfiles/file/newipasakose.pdf
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097245c1c4f7---pibul.pdf
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-20/20210720170700783364.pdf
    • http://starlightcelebrates.ca/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/6729901904.pdf
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e47000381---zolajejarunu.pdf
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/4165940464.pdf
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d813328df---sijadobuzefubufifepemalub.pdf
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4b6fe9599---jagamamunulifipapusovu.pdf
    • https://broodjedenbosch.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44644937372.pdf
    • https://krone-murten.ch/userfiles/files/lomusiwevudedetan.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=fluid+mechanics+by+frank+m+white+7th+edition+solution+manual
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ca50.bin
c4714c6021e5cb6c140b437a45cc39b0f00de9dfc5c0ef025826ca676270b3d4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA50 16176 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3e8.bin
fdb2499e1eda62e392761f3c5f9952452ee2d84e7e7784c8864926eb79cf2174
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3E8 11300 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010e60.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E60 16792 bytes