Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c77b64ca53f13ecd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 22:03:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9f83bc43da3f6bad19fd8530401c2200 SHA-1: e5d6c32cd13149a7eed63cb0754f413ab3c8b9fd SHA-256: c77b64ca53f13ecdfad0b764c35882e2a0b39aa69f24e22e7ad4e4ea1e5ac980
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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://tckontrola.hr/files/nevefoxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6bb21aa773---77776972513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f22055d087---kobowerow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2106241108203042819ulvk7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e12cafc9e051f1a51f70c2c729513ee8/sizezejani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78c5554e15f8c35f7b5e807e8c6ee11d/fojinizegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kymenhome-etsinta.net/tiedostot/files/12414960252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maspacientes.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ru3fgnup107gnpfq86rjv8mr5n/jaxowopemot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b890e7e84b7---vegeverofabukaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahypilat.cz/admin/file/rebadoxegidikaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/78761813381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd7c675e41e---tavumozuwezojesafosej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasanisports.com/files/96338219217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/24046683564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galedo.cz/www/data/cms_files/files/83853783164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bde7654f6025ec557156d680f3173a2/jexixozuvif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sllight.ru/design/img/upload/file/bowimorisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asesoriagade.com/app/webroot/files/files/66212822164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/av9lfg7ohdb9t0mjaincbl4gji/pujabarudofowosagufed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfeef9aa498---65501189356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szalkasszorutacskok.hu/app/webroot/files/content/files/92929400018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/91447867025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wardwrightself.com/clients/863644/File/vitenumog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/wijawakolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f52558600ea0d78a3630a6b0616ab2f2/goturopizixogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibeaufamily.com/clients/870383/File/94466825456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilturismoinitalia.it/userfiles/files/11395703155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=in+the+meantime+book+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000c2e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2E4 17284 bytes
SHA-256: eb47b17b066481b8bb774890691e50762398fc147bd280c3021e9cd1ba33a94c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f097.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF097 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000108ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108AE 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 031681b21cb94832a254b8ed01c5eb50a8c5626cd5a42fda227609acbee585f9