Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b77d77b45388401a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-08-09 23:22:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2ca91b8ac84a736b96a3d4f59a4e5494 SHA-1: f4bd70f011a53ff3dc94a6abe1aa8cc5ee3d688b SHA-256: b77d77b45388401a008e89ba8113647404e4932d4689c795d1ff1c2ec34906a7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to obfuscate malicious links or redirect users. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, strongly suggests a link farm or phishing lure. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ap+psychology+unit+10+personality+study+guide+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/76692704735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngaa.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11738102106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghrnightinwhite.com/clients/7/72/721f26fb9237119891afe8d29dbdfc29/File/wibinelikux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d6e845636---wosusugowutotefijaluwoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0vote.com/ckfinder/files/nabimowepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodavidepini.it/userfiles/files/71573524833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/84477039903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c03a2fb54---wikatawagagufudisidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/12698698687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/68941685683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pe78dgn0csp58i3m60fvgapim0/73667241040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6abc12390e---29904061530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklimalar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/bawovetafowobaxobab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/68207236467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.ph/app/webroot/img/files/52820750668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m956rr7qtufcteictooabvtrbe/rimiwowenepivemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.de/userfiles/files/26766041369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/97181877731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vorne-sitzen.eu/pcms/content/file/gekikogotetubovofopika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46569838158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agriturismoilcolle.org/userfiles/file/70168996733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/33875809455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14afa20162a9341f8c30d490443a3d8d/81746820344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deborahkay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27420872371.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_off0000f400.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF400 11248 bytes
SHA-256: 19d71512afe5dab98251fd11e0d4242adff6c565d82b2d1ee841e6c59c3b5e9b
font_01_sfnt_off00010e4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E4F 17412 bytes
SHA-256: 07a8070a1f3a6e48195e518ac6a7e598790c16c4dc1c7b9ea1bf983bc5d6facd
font_02_sfnt_off00013c0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1