Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2c98877b6cdce70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-07-13 00:28:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: db6b04c3834580054b9056e56b2a961a SHA-1: 0644878fb62e7dfe55a332f2a5f743f141a7f63c SHA-256: d2c98877b6cdce701e39437f316363417fd52c3b97767645a3f1dfa7db6d4e64
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdead37a84355a8e3922516d9aabf03a/tuketisulifitovigaxitifo.pdf
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716a60b38f1---53854253615.pdf
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/27896513984.pdf
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f35ec514ec---85383450168.pdf
    • http://qctc.vn/upload/files/woxojegutuvisusima.pdf
    • https://reinigungsfee007.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12kqi0cra7ovn6jine3vd3lcu7/nejerimasemozefutuwuronav.pdf
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/bofufenegopulipov.pdf
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/rakabilegifamedosubukofib.pdf
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/2021626194516322.pdf
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/furosivemidoziza.pdf
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/28594406645.pdf
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608df46e90d63---dujikop.pdf
    • https://topupdana.com/contents//files/padonoji.pdf
    • http://chronocertif.com/userfiles/file/gupakaxuwuzo.pdf
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t8708q7aufgvdnvjbi60kamp53/47869316343.pdf
    • http://jr-bang.com/uploadfiles/20210606192629.pdf
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/walixibagevuwuwi.pdf
    • http://kardelendalgicpompa.com/uploadfiles/file/kikugigimagoligijomekoja.pdf
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a724a22185---77223091716.pdf
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b8add683e4---gunolokeruba.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=double+aortic+arch+treatment
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fece5bfc73c0520527d1e4d1b8071905/90424768386.pdf
    • 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_off0000e4e8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4E8 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcff.bin
302ff6bbe2e19d1e0de7e471cec93ae23532733d791502b5e4a394df5cb37286
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCFF 10568 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000114e4.bin
048deafeb3c437d1d908de375ab6cf83730a8c9a1dc65ad2b81cdcd0bb59b1bf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114E4 16700 bytes