Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d475971705e4f409…

MALICIOUS

PDF

142.4 KB Created: 2021-07-06 06:09:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d93284b83a20eac0b5d47d20c3fb47b4 SHA-1: beddfa381c8c61e74ab076f89bda20adddd21d61 SHA-256: d475971705e4f409b9a504d4c7372c5ff476890ea54c91fed2e84ebc90b3d693
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=country+level+domain
    • http://mynigaoe.com/upload/file/20210628183115.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc9ad731d1---kujexo.pdf
    • http://moristas.com/userfiles/files/pogat.pdf
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e55ea13c69---xuvevonuxisuwijaw.pdf
    • http://seigyobannkaigaikikaku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17879296853.pdf
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc613c6186---rowujufefiselezifabi.pdf
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f0h85i4tfs52a2gbs96q13u54/laxali.pdf
    • http://chamdure.com/DATA/files/90072672709.pdf
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c97a9fb3c15---kidujifafisasetekaguke.pdf
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jajivumexofolutugokoliv.pdf
    • http://benhvienlaptop.biz/userfiles/file/zabazadukovobonubefagik.pdf
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd027cd19b0---sugabapaku.pdf
    • http://luatsutiengtrung.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/15002327162.pdf
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608515126da1a---21073544794.pdf
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02399385a79a351eed3ef2e2d0d5df40/45013204053.pdf
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e379cf33f0b8824e9bd14a6ccd49277/jubolob.pdf
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fgu17nf6q7o7d1qjn0792jcb46/dafafamubezosinawane.pdf
    • https://hitourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210703_FB50E62785FB3773.pdf
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b59ed3eeb2b1231e97bf8456e06d704/sesukegewi.pdf
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b64cafa3399---muboginumanel.pdf
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/jonopenawore.pdf
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c1n32q1aqlv47gakho7q7gf37/firaxulipet.pdf
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5hf9n7cv1e6r0fqdjct9sb00o/sefizeriviziwusum.pdf
    • http://penzionklara.cz/userfiles/file/54346643046.pdf
    • https://virtualpulse.eu/UserFiles/file/bawezarumagigekikime.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_off0001cc42.bin
2e3c5ad17880b86c9580b1f2e6cf4ef00974050f336cfac8220b9c0fc7d0f6e3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CC42 17916 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001fbbb.bin
b7479606bc203f295e1e852e2ab721e0c787f2ee1232072b145268e13f700e4d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1FBBB 10552 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000213d4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x213D4 16792 bytes