Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d578dc20666766dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 14:04:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 354b75c4349d2d845693a41d0eef9fec SHA-1: 73523afd1051eb4861f905b3a3ca9ef35fe9c250 SHA-256: d578dc20666766dda1bbf329ee31825fdc910ffaeecff4a6cc346f8d6a5dd010
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs, including one pointing to a compromised WordPress upload directory and others forming a link farm on 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 initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/91159525896.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://partnercable.hu/files/45039177523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongsaigon.vn/uploads/files/zujagitulubexisafumirogez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943fead818c---18911250899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7492a44fa---31007431134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wijnhuis-vaessen.nl/site/data/ws/files/winatisapeziruvirim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104e476c5a40---dexowerebuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kengosushionlineorder.com/uploads/files/fegito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/29089935012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sofurokobobuteguzajoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd96632016e---xigoxuvarowak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/89725850483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/370f36e833e5b36a1df1f29fc9c73e1e/dewigebotilal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phukhoabacninh.com/images/files/xobev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac039ec43f---79833991105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/53268731207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a07ed77d440---9977885432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgxzz.com/uploadfile/file/rorupomaxirofaweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wooshin.kr/uploaded/file/159626022860a5f7995fd8e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/nonit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/jalapojisiwaxatalozun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6s7peuj2228fiabn12nfu0ee43/97010233632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a2aa031f0---komegukavoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d21ca5972ab---lagiliwasom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b11665fef93b7f64de25526f0a3a5bd7/97307658299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=hp+z440+workstation+specs+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_off0000da31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA31 18624 bytes
SHA-256: 4fb76d018d37eb955e1c7889f6b4e7ab5841467125600081a5638e68c48539d8
font_01_sfnt_off00010a84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A84 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001229b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1229B 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 49df2bc3df683e3a6bb53cfef24c8641480da31b1f30e41faf73e3d482a52ef1