Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2758f91f5b11609…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 22:47:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d0ea7f4eeaa547384c661353b91ce7b7 SHA-1: 42c2e82919c0a43685aee862c1a47e0d74a4c785 SHA-256: d2758f91f5b1160976de63fb44eabe1b75c75c56968611102a75695ced4ad64a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a small PDF acting as a link farm on disposable hosting, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' suggests links to compromised WordPress upload storage. These elements strongly suggest the PDF's purpose is to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=photo+grid+premium+apk+2020 PDF link annotation
    • http://wpscrm.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/16135236418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cascad-trans.ru/files/61671794163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebco.ru/images/file/5491148878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36e7f4127a54c9822ef232619c44e1d1/givesobagafanalitimoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-label.com/upload/files/31753277247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serramentisiciliano.it/userfiles/files/getorotebapebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7515c6667f67f5c61a014bb6da63162b/tanuwojixoxerivibadubax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f6bba5bf29---81267615471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mr-alian.com/upload/ckfinder/files/16332361884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfectsextherapy.com/public_html/userfiles/file/verufosivudebujavasirofiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gonzagafood.com/userfiles/files/62073998115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bernendorf.ru/userfiles/file/serewunasidoferezowusuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/penurapemuxadumosuxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e1b5a36cfe---69824140996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kag.fr/userfiles/file/fuvusot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/worazumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnmichaelharrisonlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/1631937400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd0bd7309c8855c1b0b256a8c64b6537/tagowosozexutikiladuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carbonelite.ru/file/volozef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denda.co.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/makipadujigojipevozivini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/195fcd4b63a7d8402172cdcac686722f/fuwatojimelenonevez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jazykovytabor.topenglish.sk/app/webroot/gallery/files/retevaxisokabixagona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/xeriloka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avanti-kuhni.ru/upload/files/zudimal.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_off0000d115.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD115 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 51f9cdce2c028e34998620aae7f112cb1b927d2e2ba2f1419fb37d8714f72959
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA5D 18348 bytes
SHA-256: ec774131ca32a02938a742e0074a60b8795639361b29741a05dbb3e3274ffbb8
font_02_sfnt_off00011a78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A78 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1