Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c77fce6a33973c7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 02:29:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2822a7a66b02ea5066ee8c66fd47b727 SHA-1: a04e55c06761268e9730ae0672a393d998cb7f25 SHA-256: c77fce6a33973c7c7e617931a87aebb3f520c2bf5914c73baa35862b31a8a31c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://listapp.in/ci/userfiles/files/13631260167.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://taiwan-casters.com/userfiles/file/51250834834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64bf43fab185f5e4fae82f8849f0bbd1/bokebikuxowimova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanhoaphat.vn/userfiles/file/62731602222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvilar.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/sumafojebamalobobapeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abaj.cz/UserFiles/File/56420863319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bronia.org/userfiles/file/xataferal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d73c4ea48e---96576985796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161321447d2c01---58792263673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetamblj.si/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dipuxasoditejedene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosystech.com/pdsFck/file/7332100371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ardiinerkh.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/34428082014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syria-report.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73294897440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakefruit.com/uploads/files/202109102207589697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sibiucuratenie.ro/fckeditor/userfiles/file/99881766932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanabi-la.com/uploads/files/wadomis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140302829952---leravobijorugebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hydratrend.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66714673119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbmotorbrokers.com/userfiles/file/96751592171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wimborst-ceramics.nl/public/view/upload/fckeditor_images/file/28232879643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zippy-inc.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/nelirofap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/19458166895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marugame.hk/editor_upload/file/zonevuxekikogogamop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sijoxuvekisekukegavivoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=anne+of+green+gables+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_off0000eed6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEED6 18288 bytes
SHA-256: 15c0c69f2ed432027d39753a4d8e117d8dc5f8ebe54df8b2e417a16504b3b1a4
font_01_sfnt_off00011e62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E62 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 8b88801e13b5238144171294aeedc98596d2f1d48467edacf0d6edaf6966ac3e
font_02_sfnt_off00013658.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13658 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1